King James Version
Romans 7:9 in the King James Version says “For I was alive without the law once: but when the commandment came, sin revived, and I died.” — study this verse from Romans chapter 7 with commentary, cross-references, and original Greek word analysis.
“For I was alive without the law once: but when the commandment came, sin revived, and I died.”
Romans 7:9 · KJV
What shall we say then? Is the law sin? God forbid . Nay, I had not known sin, but by the law: for I had not known lust, except the law had said, Thou shalt not covet. lust: or, concupiscence
But sin, taking occasion by the commandment, wrought in me all manner of concupiscence. For without the law sin was dead.
For I was alive without the law once: but when the commandment came, sin revived, and I died.
And the commandment, which was ordained to life, I found to be unto death.
For sin, taking occasion by the commandment, deceived me, and by it slew me.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“the law”
G3551law (through the idea of prescriptive usage), genitive case (regulation), specially, (of moses (including the volume); also of the gospel), or figurat
“came”
G2064to come or go (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)
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