"For I was alive without the law once: but when the commandment came, sin revived, and I died." — Romans 7:9

Romans 7:9 · KJV

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

— Romans 7:9

But sin, taking occasion by the commandment, wrought in me all manner of concupiscence. For without the law sin {was} dead.

Verse 10

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

Romans 7 — Context

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. {lust: or, concupiscence}

But sin, taking occasion by the commandment, wrought in me all manner of concupiscence. For without the law sin {was} dead.

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

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

For sin, taking occasion by the commandment, deceived me, and by it slew {me}.

Cross References

Galatians 3:10

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

Because the carnal mind {is} enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be. {the carnal...: Gr. the minding of the flesh}

James 2:10-11

For whosoever shall keep the whole law, and yet offend in one {point}, he is guilty of all.

Romans 7:4

Wherefore, my brethren, ye also are become dead to the law by the body of Christ; that ye should be married to another, {even} to him who is raised from the dead, that we should bring forth fruit unto God.

Galatians 2:19

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

Romans 7:11

For sin, taking occasion by the commandment, deceived me, and by it slew {me}.

Romans 10:5

For Moses describeth the righteousness which is of the law, That the man which doeth those things shall live by them.

Romans 7:6

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. {that being...: or, being dead to that}