Romans 7:10

and the command that [is] for life, this was found by me for death;

Young's Literal Translation

In The King James Version

And the commandment, which was ordained to life, I found to be unto death.

In Context

9And I was alive apart from law once, and the command having come, the sin revived, and I died;

11for the sin, having received an opportunity, through the command, did deceive me, and through it did slay [me];

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Cross References

Ezekiel 20:11And I give to them My statutes, And my judgments I caused them to know, Which the man who doth — liveth by them.

Ezekiel 20:21And — the sons rebel against Me, In My statutes they have not walked, And My judgments they have not observed — to do them, Which the man who doth — liveth by them. My sabbaths they have polluted, And I say to pour out My fury upon them, To complete Mine anger against them in the wilderness.

Romans 10:5for Moses doth describe the righteousness that [is] of the law, that, 'The man who did them shall live in them,'

Galatians 3:12and the law is not by faith, but — 'The man who did them shall live in them.'

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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