Romans 7:11
For sin, taking occasion by the commandment, deceived me, and by it slew me.
Romans 7:11 in other translations
| BSB | For sin, seizing its opportunity through the commandment, deceived me and through the commandment put me to death. |
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| WEB | for sin, finding occasion through the commandment, deceived me, and through it killed me. |
| ASV | for sin, finding occasion, through the commandment beguiled me, and through it slew me. |
| YLT | for the sin, having received an opportunity, through the command, did deceive me, and through it did slay me; |
| DARBY | for sin, getting a point of attack by the commandment, deceived me, and by it slew me. |
| BBE | For I was tricked and put to death by sin, which took its chance through the law. |
| Webster | For sin, taking occasion by the commandment, deceived me, and by it slew me. |
What does Romans 7:11 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Romans 7:10-11
10-11. And--thus. the commandment, which was, &c.--designed to--give life--through the keeping of it. I found to be unto death--through breaking it. For sin--my sinful nature. taking occasion by the commandment, deceived me--or "seduced me"--drew me aside into the very thing which the commandment forbade. and by it slew me--"discovered me to myself to be a condemned and gone man" (compare Ro 7:9, "I died").
Barnes' Notes
Deceived me. The word here used properly means, to lead or seduce from the right way; and then to deceive, solicit to sin, cause to err from the way of virtue, Rom 16:18, 1Cor 3:18, 2Cor 11:3, "The serpent beguiled Eve through his subtilty; "2Th 2:3. The meaning here seems to be, that his corrupt and rebellious propensities, excited by the law, led him astray; caused him more and more to sin; practised a species of deception on him by urging him on headlong, and without deliberation, into aggravated transgression. In this sense, all sinners are deceived. Their passions urge them on, deluding them, and leading them farther and farther from happiness, and involving them, before they are aware, in crime and death. No being in the universe is more deluded than a sinner in the indulgence of evil passions. The description of Solomon in a particular case will apply to all, Prov 7:21-23.
"With much fair speech she caused him to yield;By it. By the law, Rom 7:8.
With the flattering of her lips she forced him.
He goeth after her straightway,
As an ox goeth to the slaughter,
Or as a fool to the correctran of the stocks;
Till a dart strike through his liver,
As a bird hasteth to the snare."
Slew me. Meaning the same as "I died," Rom 7:9.
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Adam Clarke's Commentary
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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Romans 7:7-13
There is no way of coming to that knowledge of sin, which is necessary to repentance, and therefore to peace and pardon, but by trying our hearts and lives by the law. In his own case the apostle would not have known the sinfulness of his thoughts, motives, and actions, but by the law. That perfect standard showed how wrong his heart and life were, proving his sins to be more numerous than he had before thought, but…
Romans 7:11 in the original Greek
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Cross references for Romans 7:11
- Genesis 3:13
And the Lord God said unto the woman, What is this that thou hast done? And the woman said, The serpent beguiled me, and I did eat.
- Romans 7:8
But sin, taking occasion by the commandment, wrought in me all manner of concupiscence. For without the law sin was dead.
- Jeremiah 17:9
The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?
- Hebrews 3:13
But exhort one another daily, while it is called To day; lest any of you be hardened through the deceitfulness of sin.
- James 1:26
If any man among you seem to be religious, and bridleth not his tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, this man’s religion is vain.
- Jeremiah 49:16
Thy terribleness hath deceived thee, and the pride of thine heart, O thou that dwellest in the clefts of the rock, that holdest the height of the hill: though thou shouldest make thy nest as high as the eagle, I will bring thee down from thence, saith the Lord.
- Isaiah 44:20
He feedeth on ashes: a deceived heart hath turned him aside, that he cannot deliver his soul, nor say, Is there not a lie in my right hand?
- James 1:22
But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves.
- Romans 7:13
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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Context
- Romans 7:10
And the commandment, which was ordained to life, I found to be unto death.
- Romans 7:11
For sin, taking occasion by the commandment, deceived me, and by it slew me.
- Romans 7:12
Wherefore the law is holy, and the commandment holy, and just, and good.
Romans 7:11 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Porque el pecado, tomando ocasión, me engañó por el mandamiento, y por él me mató. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Car le péché, ayant trouvé une occasion par le commandement, me séduisit, et par lui me tua. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Denn die Sünde, durch das Gebot Anlaß nehmend, täuschte mich und tötete mich durch dasselbe. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Nam peccatum occasione accepta per mandatum, seduxit me, et per illud occidit. |