Romans 7:9
And I was heretofore alive without the law: but when the commandment came, sin revived, and I died:
1770 John Worsley NT
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 the commandment which was intended to life, I found to be unto death.
Cross References
Matthew 5:21Ye have heard, that it was said to the ancients, Thou shalt not kill; and whosoever committeth murder, shall be liable to the judgment:
Matthew 19:20The young man saith unto Him, All these have I kept from my youth: wherein am I yet deficient?
Luke 10:25And behold, a lawyer stood up to try Him, and said, Master, what must I do to inherit eternal life?
Luke 18:9And He spake also this parable to some that trusted in themselves as being righteous, and despised others.
Romans 3:19it saith to those under the law: that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world obnoxious to the justice of God.
Romans 7:6But now we are delivered from the law, that being dead by which we were bound, that we might serve God in newness of spirit, and not in the oldness of the letter.
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 →