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Romans 7:10 — King James Version← Study notes

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


Romans 7:10Greek Interlinear

Greek · Romans 7:1014 words
GreekMeaning
ἐγὼegō
IpronounG1473
δὲde
and / butwordG1161
ἀπέθανονapethanon
be dead, death, dieverbG599
καὶkai
10 AndwordG2532
εὑρέθηheurethē
proved to beverbG2147
μοιmoi
IpronounG1473
thearticleG3588
ἐντολὴentolē
commandmentnounG1785
that wasarticleG3588
εἰςeis
toprepositionG1519
ζωὴνzōēn
lifenounG2222
αὕτηhautē
thisdemonstrativeG3778
εἰςeis
toprepositionG1519
θάνατονthanaton
deathnounG2288
Greek text from the SBL Greek New Testament (SBLGNT). Transliteration follows SBL Academic conventions.

Church Fathers on Romans 7:10

“For I was alive without the Law once.” When, pray, was that? Before Moses. See how he sets himself to show that it, both by the things it did, and the things it did not do, weighed down human nature. For when “I was alive without the Law,” he means, I was not so much condemned. “But when the commandment came, sin revived, and I died.” This seems indeed to be an accusing of theLaw. But if any one will look closely at it, it will be seen to be even an encomium of it. For it…

Chrysostom · 4th century · Homily 12 on Romans
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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