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Romans 7:10
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and I died. The commandment that was meant for life resulted in death for me.
And the commandement which was ordained to life, I found to be vnto death.
And the commandment, which was ordained to life, I found to be unto death.
and this commandment, which was to result in life, proved to result in death for me;
and I died. The command was meant to bring life, but for me it brought death.
And the very commandment which was intended to bring life, actually proved to bring death for me.
and this commandment, which was to result in life, proved to result in death for me;
and this commandment, which was to lead to life, was found to lead to death for me.
So I discovered that the very commandment that was meant to bring life actually brought death.
and I died. The very command that was supposed to bring life to me, instead brought death.
and I died. The commandment that was intended to bring me life was found to be bringing me death!
And the commandment, which [was] for life, was found, [as] to me, itself [to be] unto death:
and I died spiritually. The command was meant to bring life, but for me it brought death.
But I died: and the same commandement which was ordeined vnto life, was found to be vnto me vnto death.
And the commandment which was ordained to life I found to be for death.
and I died. And the commandment which was meant to bring life, in my case brought death.
and I died, and this commandment which was to lead to life was found with respect to me to lead to death.
And the commandment which was to life, this was found to be death to me;
and the commandment, which was unto life, this I found to be unto death:
And I made the discovery that the law whose purpose was to give life had become a cause of death:
The mitzvah, which was to life, this I found to be to death;
and I died. I found that the very commandment that was intended to bring life actually brought death.Leviticus 18:5; Ezekiel 20:11,13, 21; 2 Corinthians 3:7;">[xr]
And that commandment of life was found to me (to tend) unto death.
and the commandment of life was found by me [fn] unto death.
And I was dead. And the very same commaundemet, which was ordeyned vnto lyfe, was founde to be vnto me an occasion of death.
and the commandment, which was unto life, this I found to be unto death:
The commandment, which was to life, this I found to be to death;
sin revived, and I died, And the commandment, which was intended for life, this I found unto death.
and, as it turned out, the very Commandment which was to bring me life, brought me death.
But Y was deed, and this comaundement that was to lijf, was foundun to me, to be to deth.
and I died, and the commandment, which [was] to life, this I found [to be] to death:
And the commandment which [was ordained] to life, I found [to be] to death.
and I died. So I found that the very commandment that was intended to bring life brought death!
And the commandment, which was to bring life, I found to bring death.
and I died. So I discovered that the law's commands, which were supposed to bring life, brought spiritual death instead.
The Law was supposed to give me new life. Instead, it gave me death.
and I died, and the very commandment that promised life proved to be death to me.
Whereas, I, died, - and the commandment which was unto life was found by me to be, itself, unto death;
And I died. And the commandment that was ordained to life, the same was found to be unto death to me.
the very commandment which promised life proved to be death to me.
And the very same comaundement which was ordeyned vnto lyfe was founde to be vnto me an occasion of deeth.
and the command that [is] for life, this was found by me for death;
And the very same commaundement that was geuen me vnto life, was founde to be vnto me on occasion of death.
and the commandment which leads to life was instrumental to my ruin.
This, and other sins, only lead to death. The Code that should have brought me life only showed me how much I deserved death.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
Romans 10:5, Leviticus 18:5, Ezekiel 20:11, Ezekiel 20:13, Ezekiel 20:21, Luke 10:27-29, 2 Corinthians 3:7
Reciprocal: Genesis 2:17 - surely Galatians 5:17 - and these
Cross-References
For behold, I will bring a flood of waters upon the earth to destroy all flesh in which is the breath of life under heaven. Everything that is on the earth shall die.
For in seven days I will send rain on the earth forty days and forty nights, and every living thing that I have made I will blot out from the face of the ground."
The flood continued forty days on the earth. The waters increased and bore up the ark, and it rose high above the earth.
The waters prevailed above the mountains, covering them fifteen cubits deep.
They were snatched away before their time; their foundation was washed away.
They were eating and drinking and marrying and being given in marriage, until the day when Noah entered the ark, and the flood came and destroyed them all.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
And the commandment which was ordained to life,.... The law which promised a continuance of an immortal life to Adam, in case of perfect obedience to it; and which was appointed to the Israelites, that by the observation of it they might live in the land of Canaan, and in the quiet and full possession of their privileges and enjoyments; but was never ordained to eternal life, or that men should obtain that by their obedience to it; since eternal life is the free gift of God, without respect to any works of men; see Galatians 3:21; This same law, the apostle says,
I found to be unto death; as it was an occasion, through the vitiosity of nature, of stirring up sin in him, which brought forth fruit unto death; as it convinced him that he was a dead man and worthy of death; as it threatened him with it, and struck all his hopes of eternal life dead, and left him in this condition without giving him the least direction or assistance whereby to obtain life.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
And the commandment - The Law to which he had referred before.
Which was ordained to life - Which was intended to produce life, or happiness. Life here stands opposed to death, and means felicity, peace, eternal bliss; Note, John 3:36. When the apostle says that it was ordained to life, he probably has reference to the numerous passages in the Old Testament which speak of the Law in this manner, Leviticus 18:5, “Ye shall keep my statutes and my judgments; which if a man do, he shall live in them,” Ezekiel 20:11, Ezekiel 20:13, Ezekiel 20:21; Ezekiel 18:9, Ezekiel 18:21. The meaning of these passages, in connection with this declaration of Paul, may be thus expressed:
- The Law is good; it has no evil, and is itself suited to produce no evil.
(2)If man was pure, and it was obeyed perfectly, it would produce life and happiness only. On those who have obeyed it in heaven, it has produced only happiness.
(3)For this it was ordained; it is adapted to it; and when perfectly obeyed, it produces no other effect. But,
- Man is a sinner; he has not obeyed it; and in such a case the Law threatens woe.
It crosses the inclination of man, and instead of producing peace and life, as it would on a being perfectly holy, it produces only woe and crime. The law of a parent may be good, and may be appointed to promote the happiness of his children; it may be admirably suited to it if all were obedient; yet in the family there may be one obstinate, self-willed, and stubborn child, resolved to indulge his evil passions, and the results to him would be woe and despair. The commandment, which was ordained for the good of the family, and which would be adapted to promote their welfare, he alone, of all the number, would find to be unto death.
I found - It was to me. It produced this effect.
Unto death - Producing aggravated guilt and condemnation, Romans 7:9.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Romans 7:10. And the commandment — Meaning the law in general, which was ordained to life; the rule of righteousness teaching those statutes which if a man do he shall live in them, Leviticus 18:5, I found, by transgressing it, to be unto death; for it only presented the duty and laid down the penalty, without affording any strength to resist sin or subdue evil propensities.
