Romans 7:10-13

The Law and Sin

¹⁰ The very commandment _s that promised life proved to be death to me. ¹¹ For sin, _t seizing an opportunity through the commandment, _u deceived me and through it killed me. ¹² So _v the law is holy, and the commandment is holy and righteous and good.

¹³ Did that which is good, then, bring death to me? By no means! It was sin, producing death in me through what is good, in order that sin might be shown to be sin, and through the commandment might become sinful beyond measure.

1. Cross References
   Romans 10:5
   For Moses writes about the righteousness that is based on the law, that the person who does the commandments shall live by them.
   
2. Cross References
   Romans 7:8
   But sin, seizing an opportunity through the commandment, produced in me all kinds of covetousness. For apart from the law, sin lies dead.
   
3. Cross References
   Genesis 3:13
   Then the Lord God said to the woman, "What is this that you have done?" The woman said, "The serpent deceived me, and I ate.
   Hebrews 3:13
   But exhort one another every day, as long as it is called "today," that none of you may be hardened by the deceitfulness of sin.
   
4. Cross References
   Psalms 19:8 - 9
   The precepts of the Lord are right, rejoicing the heart; the commandment of the Lord is pure, enlightening the eyes.
   Psalms 119:137
   Righteous are you, O Lord, and right are your rules.
   2 Peter 2:21
   For it would have been better for them never to have known the way of righteousness than after knowing it to turn back from the holy commandment delivered to them.
   Romans 7:16
   Now if I do what I do not want, I agree with the law, that it is good.