Romans 7:10 BSB — MannaFest

Romans 7:10

So I discovered that the very commandment that was meant to bring life actually brought death.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

and the commandment, which was unto life, this I found to be unto death:

KJV

And the commandment, which was ordained to life, I found to be unto death.

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Commentary

3 voices

Theophylact of Ohrid

Commentary on Romans (1107)

The words "I died" should be understood in two ways — both thus: "I sinned," and thus: "I became liable to greater punishment," for which not the law is to blame, but the one who heeds it. Consider, for example: someone is sick and does …

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the New Testament (1755)

The commandment which was intended for life - Doubtless it was originally intended by God as a grand means of preserving and increasing spiritual life, and leading to life everlasting.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

And the commandment - Meaning the law in general, which was ordained to life; the rule of righteousness teaching those statutes which if a man do he shall live in them, Lev 18:5, I found, by transgressing it, to be unto death; for it only presented the duty and laid down the penalty, without affording any strength to resist sin or subdue evil propensities.

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Original language & word study

11 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
καὶ	kai	[10] And	G2532 →
εὑρέθη	heurethē	proved to be	G2147 →
μοι	moi	me	G3165 →
ἡ	hē	the	G3588 →
ἐντολὴ	entolē	commandment	G1785 →
ἡ	hē	that [was]	G3588 →
εἰς	eis	to	G1519 →
ζωὴν	zōēn	life	G2222 →
αὕτη	hautē	this	G3778 →
εἰς	eis	to	G1519 →
θάνατον·	thanaton	death;	G2288 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Romans 10:5
For concerning the righteousness that is by the law, Moses writes: “The man who does these things will live by them.”
leads to
- Leviticus 18:5
  Keep My statutes and My judgments, for the man who does these things will live by them. I am the LORD.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Nehemiah 9:29
  You admonished them to turn back to Your law, but they were arrogant and disobeyed Your commandments. They sinned against Your ordinances, by which a man will live if he practices them. They stubbornly…
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Ezekiel 20:11
  And I gave them My statutes and made known to them My ordinances—for the man who does these things will live by them.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Ezekiel 20:21
  But the children rebelled against Me. They did not walk in My statutes or carefully observe My ordinances—though the man who does these things will live by them—and they profaned My Sabbaths. So I…
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Ezekiel 20:13
  Yet the house of Israel rebelled against Me in the wilderness. They did not follow My statutes and they rejected My ordinances—though the man who does these things will live by them—and they utterly…
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
Through
2 Corinthians 3:7
Now if the ministry of death, which was engraved in letters on stone, came with such glory that the Israelites could not gaze at the face of Moses because of its fleeting glory,
leads to
- 2 Corinthians 3:9–11
  For if the ministry of condemnation was glorious, how much more glorious is the ministry of righteousness!
Through
Leviticus 18:5
Keep My statutes and My judgments, for the man who does these things will live by them. I am the LORD.
leads to
- Galatians 3:12
  The law, however, is not based on faith; on the contrary, “The man who does these things will live by them.”
- Romans 10:5
  For concerning the righteousness that is by the law, Moses writes: “The man who does these things will live by them.”

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01Commentary

The record, by era

Voices on this verse

02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

05Featured studies on this passage

06About Romans

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About Romans