Romans 7:11

Romans 7:11 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)For sin, taking occasion by the commandment, deceived me, and by it slew me.
• New International Version (NIV)For sin, seizing the opportunity afforded by the commandment, deceived me, and through the commandment put me to death.
• English Standard Version (ESV)For sin, seizing an opportunity through the commandment, deceived me and through it killed me.
• New King James Version (NKJV)For sin, taking occasion by the commandment, deceived me, and by it killed me.

Context of Romans 7:11

9And I was once alive apart from the law, but with the coming of the commandment sin became alive 10and I died. So I found that the very commandment that was intended to bring life brought death! For sin, seizing the opportunity through the commandment, deceived me and through it I died. 12So then, the law is holy, and the commandment is holy, righteous, and good. 13Did that which is good, then, become death to me? Absolutely not! But sin, so that it would be shown to be sin, produced death in me through what is good, so that through the commandment sin would become utterly sinful.

Romans 7:11 word by word

ἡ γὰρ ἁμαρτία ἀφορμὴν λαβοῦσα διὰ τῆς ἐντολῆς ἐξηπάτησέν με καὶ δι᾽ αὐτῆς ἀπέκτεινεν·Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• ·ὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• Forγάρgar · forG1063
• sinἁμαρτίαhamartia · sinG266
• takingλαμβάνωlambanō · to takeG2983
• occasionἀφορμήaphormē · opportunityG874
• byδιάdia · through/because ofG1223
• the commandmentἐντολήentolē · commandmentG1785
• deceivedἐξαπατάωexapataō · to deceiveG1818
• meἐγώegō · I/weG1473
• andκαίkai · andG2532
• itαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• slewἀποκτείνωapokteinō · to killG615

Cross-references for Romans 7:11

• Romans 7:8But sin, seizing the opportunity through the commandment, produced in me all kinds of wrong desires. For apart from the law, sin is dead.
• Isaiah 44:20He feeds on ashes; his deceived mind misleads him. He cannot rescue himself, nor does he say, ‘Is this not a false god I hold in my right hand?’
• Jeremiah 17:9The human mind is more deceitful than anything else. It is incurably bad. Who can understand it?
• Jeremiah 49:16The terror you inspire in others and the arrogance of your heart have deceived you. You may make your home in the clefts of the rocks; you may occupy the highest places in the hills. But even if you made your home where the eagles nest, I would bring you down from there,” says the Lord.
• Obadiah 1:3Your presumptuous heart has deceived you – you who reside in the safety of the rocky cliffs, whose home is high in the mountains. You think to yourself, ‘No one can bring me down to the ground!’
• Ephesians 4:22You were taught with reference to your former way of life to lay aside the old man who is being corrupted in accordance with deceitful desires,
• Hebrews 3:13But exhort one another each day, as long as it is called “Today,” that none of you may become hardened by sin’s deception.
• James 1:22But be sure you live out the message and do not merely listen to it and so deceive yourselves.

Commentaries on Romans 7:11

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 11Sin, taking occasion - Sin, deriving strength from the law, threatening death to the transgressor, (see Clarke's note on Romans 7:8;), deceived me, drew me aside to disobedience, promising me gratification honor, independence, etc., as it promised to Eve; for to her history the apostle evidently alludes, and uses the very same expression, deceived me, · See the preceding note; and see the Septuagint, Genesis 3:13. And by it slew me - Subjected me to that…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 11For sin - This verse is a repetition, with a little variation of the sentiment in Romans 7:8. Deceived me - The word used here 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, Romans 16:18; 1 Corinthians 3:18; 2 Corinthians 11:3, “The serpent beguiled Eve through his subtilty,” 2 Thessalonians 2:3. The meaning here seems to be, that his corrupt and rebellious propensities…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 7-13Verses 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 it did not contain any…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 11sin … deceived me: Paul uses language similar to Genesis 3:13. He may be thinking about the first human disobedience.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 10-1110-11. 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").Read the comment

Topics related to Romans 7:11

• Death
• Depravity of Man
• Good and Evil
• Justification

In the dictionaries

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Commentaries on Romans 7

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings