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Romans 7:13 Cross-References
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“Was then that which is good made death unto me? God forbid . But sin, that it might appear sin, working death in me by that which is good; that sin by the commandment might become exceeding sinful.”
Romans 7:13 (KJV)
Commentary on Romans 7:13
Was then that which is good made death unto me? God forbid.—Paul anticipates objection: if law is good (v. 12) but produces death (v. 10), isn't good itself deadly? Mē genoito (μὴ γένοιτο)—his strongest negation—emphatically denies this. Law remains good; sin bears sole responsibility for death.But sin, that it might appear sin, working death in me by that which is good—Hina phanē hamartia (ἵνα φανῇ ἁμαρτία, "that it might be shown to be sin") reveals law's purpose: unmasking sin's true character. Sin's ability to pervert even God's good law into death's instrument exposes sin's exceeding mali...
Source: KJV Study Commentary
Cross-References for Romans 7:13
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“I am tempted by God, for God can't be tempted by evil”
“most certainly righteousness would have been of the law.”
“in that it was weak through the flesh”
“finding occasion through the commandment”
“that the trespass might abound; but where sin abounded”