Romans 7:10

Translations

Modern

So I discovered that the very commandment that was meant to bring life actually brought death.

Traditional

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

Literal

…and the commandment that was unto life, this was found by me unto death.

Latin

Ego autem mortuus sum: et inventum est mihi mandatum, quod erat ad vitam, hoc esse ad mortem.

Original

Greek

English

So I discovered that the very commandment that was meant to bring life actually brought death.

Notes

Romans 7:10

The Old Testament promised a blessed and secure life to those who obeyed the law (for example, Leviticus 18:5, quoted in Romans 10:5). However, people inherit a strong tendency to sin because of the effects of Adam's sin. So, when God’s commands come to us, we often resist and disobey them. So, instead of bringing life, the law only reveals our lost and vulnerable spiritual condition. We need God to change our desires because the law cannot provide this inner change.

Romans 7:7–25

What then (see study note on 6:1): Paul has just spoken in strong terms about the law. Now he explains that God’s law is good. He does this to prevent people from thinking that the law itself is evil.

Theme notes and profiles

Paul (Saul) Biblical Law The Law and the Spirit The Limitations of Law The Old Realm and the New

Related verses

Leviticus 18:5
Keep My statutes and My judgments, for the man who does these things will live by them. I am the LORD.
2 Corinthians 3:7
Now if the ministry of death, which was engraved in letters on stone, came with such glory that the Israelites could not gaze at the face of Moses because of its fleeting glory,
Galatians 3:12
The law, however, is not based on faith; on the contrary, “The man who does these things will live by them.”
Romans 10:5
For concerning the righteousness that is by the law, Moses writes: “The man who does these things will live by them.”
Luke 10:27–29
He answered, “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind’ and ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’”
Ezekiel 20:21
But the children rebelled against Me. They did not walk in My statutes or carefully observe My ordinances—though the man who does these things will live by them—and they profaned My Sabbaths. So I resolved to pour out My wrath upon them and vent My anger against them in the wilderness.
Ezekiel 20:11
And I gave them My statutes and made known to them My ordinances—for the man who does these things will live by them.
Ezekiel 20:13
Yet the house of Israel rebelled against Me in the wilderness. They did not follow My statutes and they rejected My ordinances—though the man who does these things will live by them—and they utterly profaned My Sabbaths. Then I resolved to pour out My wrath upon them and put an end to them in the wilderness.

Glossary

Bible, Manuscripts and Text of the (New Testament) Elemental Spirits, Elements Flesh Letter to the Romans Paul the Apostle

Topics

Death: Figurative of Regeneration Good and Evil: Subjective Conflict Between Justification: General Scriptures Concerning

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