New Testament · SCRIPTURE
Romans 7:10
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So I discovered that the very commandment that was meant to bring life actually brought death.
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And the commandment, which [was ordained] to life, I found [to be] unto death.
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The commandment which was for life, this I found to be for death;
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and the commandment, which [was] unto life, this I found [to be] unto death:
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and the commandment that [was] unto life, this was found by me unto death.
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Romans 7
8 But sin, seizing its opportunity through the commandment, produced in me every kind of covetous desire. For apart from the law, sin is dead.
9 Once I was alive apart from the law; but when the commandment came, sin sprang to life and I died.
10 So I discovered that the very commandment that was meant to bring life actually brought death.
11 For sin, seizing its opportunity through the commandment, deceived me and through the commandment put me to death.
12 So then, the law is holy, and the commandment is holy, righteous, and good.
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