Romans 7:10

7:10 and I died. So ¹  I found that the very commandment that was intended to bring life brought death! ² 

Romans 7:12

7:12 So then, the law is holy, and the commandment is holy, righteous, and good.

Romans 7:9

7:9 And I was once alive apart from the law, but with the coming of the commandment sin became alive

Romans 7:11

7:11 For sin, seizing the opportunity through the commandment, deceived me and through it I died. ³ 

Romans 7:8

7:8 But sin, seizing the opportunity through the commandment, produced in me all kinds of wrong desires. ⁴  For apart from the law, sin is dead.

Romans 7:13

7:13 Did that which is good, then, become death to me? Absolutely not! But sin, so that it would be shown to be sin, produced death in me through what is good, so that through the commandment sin would become utterly sinful.

Romans 13:9

13:9 For the commandments, ⁵  “Do not commit adultery, do not murder, do not steal, do not covet,” ⁶  (and if there is any other commandment) are summed up in this, “Love your neighbor as yourself.” ⁷ 

¹ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “So” to indicate the result of the statement in the previous verse. Greek style often begins sentences or clauses with “and,” but English style generally does not.

² tn Grk “and there was found in/for me the commandment which was for life – this was for death.”

³ tn Or “and through it killed me.”

⁵ tn Or “covetousness.”

⁷ tn Grk “For the…” (with the word “commandments” supplied for clarity). The Greek article (“the”) is used here as a substantiver to introduce the commands that are quoted from the second half of the Decalogue (ExSyn 238).

⁸ sn A quotation from Exod 20:13-15, 17; Deut 5:17-19, 21.

⁹ sn A quotation from Lev 19:18.