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.
• 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.
• New Living Translation (NLT)Sin took advantage of those commands and deceived me; it used the commands to kill me.

Context of Romans 7:11

9Once I was alive apart from the law; but when the commandment came, sin sprang to life and I died. 10I found that the very commandment that was intended to bring life actually brought death. For sin, seizing the opportunity afforded by the commandment, deceived me, and through the commandment put me to death. 12So then, the law is holy, and the commandment is holy, righteous and good. 13Did 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.

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 afforded by the commandment, produced in me every kind of coveting. For apart from the law, sin was dead.
• Isaiah 44:20Such a person feeds on ashes; a deluded heart misleads him; he cannot save himself, or say, “Is not this thing in my right hand a lie?”
• Jeremiah 17:9The heart is deceitful above all things and beyond cure. Who can understand it?
• Jeremiah 49:16The terror you inspire and the pride of your heart have deceived you, you who live in the clefts of the rocks, who occupy the heights of the hill. Though you build your nest as high as the eagle’s, from there I will bring you down,” declares the Lord.
• Obadiah 1:3The pride of your heart has deceived you, you who live in the clefts of the rocks and make your home on the heights, you who say to yourself, ‘Who can bring me down to the ground?’
• Ephesians 4:22You were taught, with regard to your former way of life, to put off your old self, which is being corrupted by its deceitful desires;
• Hebrews 3:13But encourage one another daily, as long as it is called “Today,” so that none of you may be hardened by sin’s deceitfulness.
• James 1:22Do not merely listen to the word, and so deceive yourselves. Do what it says.

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

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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