Romans 7:9
Once, apart from Law, I was alive, but when the Commandment came, sin sprang into life, and I died;
Weymouth NT (1912)
In The King James Version
For I was alive without the law once: but when the commandment came, sin revived, and I died.
In Context
10and, as it turned out, the very Commandment which was to bring me life, brought me death.
Cross References
Matthew 5:21"You have heard that it was said to the ancients, `Thou shalt not commit murder', and whoever commits murder will be answerable to the magistrate.
Matthew 19:20"All of these," said the young man, "I have carefully kept. What do I still lack?"
Luke 10:25Then an expounder of the Law stood up to test Him with a question. "Rabbi," he asked, "what shall I do to inherit the Life of the Ages?"
Luke 18:9And to some who relied on themselves as being righteous men, and looked down upon all others, He addressed this parable.
Romans 3:19But it cannot be denied that all that the Law says is addressed to those who are living under the Law, in order that every mouth may be stopped, and that the whole world may await sentence from God.
Romans 7:6But seeing that we have died to that which once held us in bondage, the Law has now no hold over us, so that we render a service which, instead of being old and formal, is new and spiritual.
Matthew Henry on Romans 7:8-25
Excellency of the Law; Usefulness of the Law. ( a. d. 58.) 7 What shall we say then? Is the law sin? God forbid. Nay, I had not known sin, but by the law: for I had not known lust, except the law had said, Thou shalt not covet. 8 But sin, taking occasion by the commandment, wrought in me all manner of concupiscence. For without the law sin was dead. 9 For I was alive without the law once: but when the commandment came, sin revived, and I died. 10 And the commandment, which was ordained to life, I found to be unto… Read the whole commentary →