Romans 7:12

So that the law is holy; and the commandment holy, and just, and good.

1770 John Worsley NT

In The King James Version

Wherefore the law is holy, and the commandment holy, and just, and good.

In Context

11For sin taking occasion by the commandment deceived me, and by it slew me.

13Was then that which is good made death unto me? God forbid! But sin, that it might appear sin, working death in me by that which is good: that sin might be shewn by the commandment to be exceeding sinful.

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Cross References

Romans 3:31Do we then make the law of none effect through faith? God forbid: yea we establish the law.

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 →

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