Romans 7:11

11 For sin, seizing the opportunity afforded by the commandment, deceived me, and through the commandment put me to death.

Romans 7:11 in Other Translations

King James Version (KJV)
11 For sin, taking occasion by the commandment, deceived me, and by it slew me.
English Standard Version (ESV)
11 For sin, seizing an opportunity through the commandment, deceived me and through it killed me.
New Living Translation (NLT)
11 Sin took advantage of those commands and deceived me; it used the commands to kill me.
The Message Bible (MSG)
11 So sin was plenty alive, and I was stone dead.
American Standard Version (ASV)
11 for sin, finding occasion, through the commandment beguiled me, and through it slew me.
GOD'S WORD Translation (GW)
11 Sin, taking the opportunity provided by this commandment, deceived me and then killed me.
Holman Christian Standard Bible (CSB)
11 For sin, seizing an opportunity through the commandment, deceived me, and through it killed me.
New International Reader's Version (NIRV)
11 When the commandment gave sin the opportunity, sin tricked me. It used the commandment to put me to death.

Romans 7:11 Meaning and Commentary

Romans 7:11

For sin taking occasion by the commandment
As in ( Romans 7:8 ) ,

deceived me;
either by promising pleasure or impunity: the same effect is ascribed by the Jews to the evil imagination or corruption of nature, which they say is called an enticer, (Mda htpmv) , "that deceives man" F7:

and by it slew me;
mortally wounded me: not the law, but sin by the law, deceived and slew him; so that as before, the law is cleared from being the cause of sin, so here, from being the cause of death; for though the law is a killing letter, the ministration of condemnation and death, yet it is not the cause of it; but sin, which is a transgression of the law, is that which deceives or leads out of the way, as the word signifies, and then kills. The metaphor is taken from a thief or a robber, who leads a man out of the way into some bypath, and then murders him.


FOOTNOTES:

F7 Tzeror Hammor, fol. 141. 3. & 150. 1.

Romans 7:11 In-Context

9 Once I was alive apart from the law; but when the commandment came, sin sprang to life and I died.
10 I found that the very commandment that was intended to bring life actually brought death.
11 For sin, seizing the opportunity afforded by the commandment, deceived me, and through the commandment put me to death.
12 So then, the law is holy, and the commandment is holy, righteous and good.
13 Did that which is good, then, become death to me? By no means! Nevertheless, in order that sin might be recognized as sin, it used what is good to bring about my death, so that through the commandment sin might become utterly sinful.

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