Romans 7:9

And I lived without the law sometime; but when the commandment was come [or but when the commandment had come], sin lived again. But I was dead,

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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

8And through occasion taken, sin by the commandment hath wrought in me all covetousness; for without the law, sin was dead.

10and this commandment that was to life, was found to me, to be to death.

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Cross References

Matthew 5:21Ye have heard that it was said to old men, Thou shalt not slay; and he that slayeth, shall be guilty to the doom. (Ye have heard that it was said to men of old, Thou shalt not kill; and he who killeth, shall be brought to judgement, or Thou shalt not murder; and he who murdereth, shall be brought to the court.)

Matthew 19:20The young man saith to him, I have kept all these things from my youth, what yet faileth to me?

Luke 10:25And lo! a wise man of the law rose up, tempting him, and saying, Master, what thing shall I do to have everlasting life? (And behold! a man wise in the Law rose up to test him, and asked, Teacher, what should I do to get eternal life?)

Luke 18:9And he said also to some men, that trusted in themselves, as they were rightful, [or that trusted in themselves, as rightful], (or who believed themselves to be good and righteous), and despised others, this parable, saying,

Romans 3:19And we know, that whatever things the law speaketh, it speaketh to them that be in the law, (so) that each mouth be stopped, and each world be made subject to God.

Romans 7:6But now we be unbound from the law of death, in which we were held, so that we serve in (a) 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 →

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