Romans 7:9

For I was alive without the law once: but when the commandment came, sin revived, and I died.

For {G1161} I {G1473} was alive {G2198} without {G5565} the law {G3551} once {G4218}: but {G1161} when the commandment {G1785} came {G2064}, sin {G266} revived {G326}, and {G1161} I {G1473} died {G599}.

I was once alive outside the framework of Torah. But when the commandment really encountered me, sin sprang to life,

Once I was alive apart from the law; but when the commandment came, sin sprang to life and I died.

And I was alive apart from the law once: but when the commandment came, sin revived, and I died;

Commentary

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Cross-References

  • Galatians 3:10 (8 votes)

    For as many as are of the works of the law are under the curse: for it is written, Cursed [is] every one that continueth not in all things which are written in the book of the law to do them.

  • Romans 8:7 (7 votes)

    Because the carnal mind [is] enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be.

  • Romans 7:11 (4 votes)

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

  • Romans 7:21 (4 votes)

    I find then a law, that, when I would do good, evil is present with me.

  • Romans 7:23 (4 votes)

    But I see another law in my members, warring against the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity to the law of sin which is in my members.

  • Galatians 2:19 (4 votes)

    For I through the law am dead to the law, that I might live unto God.

  • Romans 7:6 (4 votes)

    But now we are delivered from the law, that being dead wherein we were held; that we should serve in newness of spirit, and not [in] the oldness of the letter.