God’s Law Is Holy
Romans 7:9
In 9 translations
- BSB
- Once I was alive apart from the law; but when the commandment came, sin sprang to life and I died.
- KJV
- For I was alive without the law once: but when the commandment came, sin revived, and I died.
- WEB
- I was alive apart from the law once, but when the commandment came, sin revived and I died.
- ASV
- And I was alive apart from the law once: but when the commandment came, sin revived, and I died;
- LSV
- And I was alive apart from law once, and the command having come, sin revived, and I died;
- YLT
- And I was alive apart from law once, and the command having come, the sin revived, and I died;
- DBY
- But I was alive without law once; but the commandment having come, sin revived, but I died.
- DRC
- And I lived some time without the law. But when the commandment came, sin revived,
- GNV
- For I once was aliue, without the Law: but when the commandement came, sinne reuiued,
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Original-language editions
- SBLGNT
- ἐγὼ δὲ ἔζων χωρὶς νόμου ποτέ· ἐλθούσης δὲ τῆς ἐντολῆς ἡ ἁμαρτία ἀνέζησεν,
- RP2018
- Ἐγὼ δὲ ἔζων χωρὶς νόμου ποτέ· ἐλθούσης δὲ τῆς ἐντολῆς, ἡ ἁμαρτία ἀνέζησεν, ἐγὼ δὲ ἀπέθανον·
- TR-Boyd
- Ἐγὼ δὲ ἔζων χωρὶς νόμου ποτέ· ἐλθούσης δὲ τῆς ἐντολῆς, ἡ ἁμαρτία ἀνέζησεν, ἐγὼ δὲ ἀπέθανον·
- SCR1894
- εγω δε εζων χωρις νομου ποτε ελθουσης δε της εντολης η αμαρτια ανεζησεν εγω δε απεθανον
In the reference works topics that cite this verse
Good and EvilCanon of the New TestamentEvolutionRevive; RevivingSin (1)DieJustificationSinGoodLaw in the New Testament
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Cross-references most cited first
- Galatians 3:10All who rely on works of the law are under a curse. For it is written: “Cursed is everyone who does not continue to do everything written in the Book of the Law.”
- Romans 8:7because the mind of the flesh is hostile to God: It does not submit to God’s law, nor can it do so.
- Romans 7:4Therefore, my brothers, you also died to the law through the body of Christ, that you might belong to another, to Him who was raised from the dead, in order that we might bear fruit to God.
- James 2:10–11Whoever keeps the whole law but stumbles at just one point is guilty of breaking all of it. For He who said, “Do not commit adultery,” also said, “Do not murder.” If you do not commit adultery, but do commit murder,…
- Galatians 2:19For through the law I died to the law so that I might live to God.
- Romans 7:6But now, having died to what bound us, we have been released from the law, so that we serve in the new way of the Spirit, and not in the old way of the written code.
- Romans 10:5For concerning the righteousness that is by the law, Moses writes: “The man who does these things will live by them.”
- Romans 7:11For sin, seizing its opportunity through the commandment, deceived me and through the commandment put me to death.
- Romans 7:21–23So this is the principle I have discovered: When I want to do good, evil is right there with me. For in my inner being I delight in God’s law. But I see another law at work in my body, warring against the law of my…
- Luke 18:9–12To some who trusted in their own righteousness and viewed others with contempt, He also told this parable: “Two men went up to the temple to pray. One was a Pharisee and the other a tax collector. The Pharisee stood by…
- Romans 3:19–20Now we know that whatever the law says, it says to those who are under the law, so that every mouth may be silenced and the whole world held accountable to God. Therefore no one will be justified in His sight by works…
- Mark 7:8–13You have disregarded the commandment of God to keep the tradition of men.” He went on to say, “You neatly set aside the command of God to maintain your own tradition. For Moses said, ‘Honor your father and your mother’…
- Philippians 3:5–6circumcised on the eighth day, of the people of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin; a Hebrew of Hebrews; as to the law, a Pharisee; as to zeal, persecuting the church; as to righteousness in the law, faultless.
- Matthew 5:21–26You have heard that it was said to the ancients, ‘Do not murder’ and ‘Anyone who murders will be subject to judgment.’ But I tell you that anyone who is angry with his brother will be subject to judgment. Again, anyone…
- Luke 15:29But he answered his father, ‘Look, all these years I have served you and never disobeyed a commandment of yours. Yet you never gave me even a young goat so I could celebrate with my friends.
- Matthew 19:20“All these I have kept,” said the young man. “What do I still lack?”
From the OpenBible.info cross-reference set (votes from readers; not every link is a quotation or allusion).