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Romans 7:10

WEB

10The commandment which was for life, this I found to be for death;

KJV

10And the commandment, which was ordained to life, I found to be unto death.

BSB

10So I discovered that the very commandment that was meant to bring life actually brought death.

FBV

10I discovered that the very commandment that was meant to bring life brought death instead,

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Extra References

2 Corinthians 3:7

7But if the service of death, written engraved on stones, came with glory, so that the children of Israel could not look steadfastly on the face of Moses for the glory of his face, which was passing away,


Leviticus 18:5

5You shall therefore keep my statutes and my ordinances, which if a man does, he shall live in them. I am the LORD.


Romans 10:5

5For Moses writes about the righteousness of the law, “The one who does them will live by them.”


Galatians 3:12

12The law is not of faith, but, “The man who does them will live by them.”


Ezekiel 20:21

21“‘“But the children rebelled against me. They didn’t walk in my statutes, and didn’t keep my ordinances to do them, which if a man does, he shall live in them. They profaned my Sabbaths. Then I said I would pour out my wrath on them, to accomplish my anger against them in the wilderness.


Ezekiel 20:11

11I gave them my statutes and showed them my ordinances, which if a man does, he will live in them.


Luke 10:27-29

27He answered, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your strength, and with all your mind;and your neighbor as yourself.”

28He said to him, You have answered correctly. Do this, and you will live.”

29But he, desiring to justify himself, asked Jesus, “Who is my neighbor?”


Ezekiel 20:13

13“‘“But the house of Israel rebelled against me in the wilderness. They didn’t walk in my statutes and they rejected my ordinances, which if a man keeps, he shall live in them. They greatly profaned my Sabbaths. Then I said I would pour out my wrath on them in the wilderness, to consume them.