Romans 7:13 BSB — MannaFest

Romans 7:13

Did that which is good, then, become death to me? Certainly not! But in order that sin might be exposed as sin, it produced death in me through what was good, so that through the commandment sin might become utterly sinful.

BSB

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ASV

Did then that which is good become death unto me? God forbid. But sin, that it might be shown to be sin, by working death to me through that which is good;—that through the commandment sin might become exceeding sinful.

KJV

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.

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Commentary

3 voices

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

Was then that which is good ... - This is another objection which the apostle proceeds to answer. The objection is this, “Can it be possible that what is admitted to be good and pure, should be changed into evil? Can what tends to life, be made death to a man?” In answer to this, the apostle repeats that the fault was not in the Law, but was in himself, and in his sinful propensities. Made death - Rom 7:8, Rom 7:10. God forbid - Note, Rom 3:

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John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the New Testament (1755)

But it was sin, which was made death to me, inasmuch as it wrought death in me even by that which is good - By the good law. So that sin by the commandment became exceeding sinful - The consequence of which was, that inbred sin, thus driving furiously in spite of the commandment, became exceeding sinful; the guilt thereof being greatly aggravated.

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

Thus by the commandment it becomes exceedingly sinful; that is, it appears to be so. We never see the desperate venom or malignity there is in sin, till we come to compare it with the law, and the spiritual nature of the law, and then we see it to be an evil and a bitter thing.

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Original language & word study

30 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
τὸ	to	That which	G3588 →
οὖν	oun	then	G3767 →
ἀγαθὸν	agathon	[is] good	G18 →
ἐμοὶ	emoi	to me myself	G1473 →
ἐγένετο	egeneto	became	G1096 →
θάνατος;	thanatos	death?	G2288 →
μὴ	mē	Never	G3361 →
γένοιτο,	genoito	would it be!	G1096 →
ἀλλ᾽	all᾽	But	G235 →
ἡ	hē	<the>	G3588 →
ἁμαρτία,	hamartia	sin,	G266 →
ἵνα	ina	in order that	G2443 →
φανῇ	phanēa	it may be shown as	G5316 →
ἁμαρτία,	hamartia	sin,	G266 →
διὰ	dia	through	G1223 →
τοῦ	tou	that which [is]	G3588 →
ἀγαθοῦ	agathou	good	G18 →
μοι	moi	to me	G3165 →
κατεργαζομένη	katergazomenē	is working out	G2716 →
θάνατον,	thanaton	death,	G2288 →
ἵνα	ina	so that	G2443 →
γένηται	genētai	may become	G1096 →
καθ᾽	kath᾽	beyond	G2596 →
ὑπερβολὴν	huperbolēn	excess	G5236 →
ἁμαρτωλὸς	hamartōlos	sinful	G268 →
ἡ	hē	<the>	G3588 →
ἁμαρτία	hamartia	sin	G266 →
διὰ	dia	through	G1223 →
τῆς	tēs	the	G3588 →
ἐντολῆς.¶	entolēs	commandment.	G1785 →

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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 8:3
For what the law was powerless to do in that it was weakened by the flesh, God did by sending His own Son in the likeness of sinful man, as an offering for sin.…
leads to
- Acts 13:39
  Through Him everyone who believes is justified from everything you could not be justified from by the law of Moses.
- Galatians 4:4–5
  But when the time had fully come, God sent His Son, born of a woman, born under the law,
- Hebrews 7:18–19
  So the former commandment is set aside because it was weak and useless
- 2 Corinthians 5:21
  God made Him who knew no sin to be sin on our behalf, so that in Him we might become the righteousness of God.
- Galatians 3:13
  Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us. For it is written: “Cursed is everyone who is hung on a tree.”
Through
Romans 5:20
The law came in so that the trespass would increase; but where sin increased, grace increased all the more,
leads to
- Romans 6:1
  What then shall we say? Shall we continue in sin so that grace may increase?
- Titus 3:3–7
  For at one time we too were foolish, disobedient, misled, and enslaved to all sorts of desires and pleasures—living in malice and envy, being hated and hating one another.
Through
Galatians 3:21
Is the law, then, opposed to the promises of God? Certainly not! For if a law had been given that could impart life, then righteousness would certainly have come from the law.
leads to
- Galatians 2:21
  I do not set aside the grace of God. For if righteousness comes through the law, Christ died for nothing.

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