Romans 7:9

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

Before I knew the law, I was alive. But when I heard the law’s command, sin began to live,

Cross References

Galatians 3:10

But people who depend on following the law to make them right are under a curse. As the Scriptures say, “They must do everything that is written in the law. If they do not always obey, they are under a curse.”

Romans 8:7

Why is this true? Because anyone whose thinking is controlled by their sinful self is against God. They refuse to obey God’s law. And really they are not able to obey it.

Galatians 2:19

It was the law itself that caused me to end my life under the law. I died to the law so that I could live for God. I have been nailed to the cross with Christ.

Romans 10:5

Moses writes about being made right by following the law. He says, “The person who obeys these laws is the one who will have life through them.”

Romans 7:11

Sin found a way to fool me by using the command to make me die.

Romans 7:6

In the past the law held us as prisoners, but our old selves died, and we were made free from the law. So now we serve God in a new way, not in the old way, with the written rules. Now we serve God in the new way, with the Spirit.

Romans 7:4

In the same way, my brothers and sisters, your old selves died and you became free from the law through the body of Christ. Now you belong to someone else. You belong to the one who was raised from death. We belong to Christ so that we can be used in service to God.

Luke 18:21

But the leader said, “I have obeyed all these commands since I was a boy.”

Luke 15:29

But he said to his father, ‘Look, for all these years I have worked like a slave for you. I have always done what you told me to do, and you never gave me even a young goat for a party with my friends.

Matthew 19:20

The young man said, “I have obeyed all these commands. What else do I need?”

Psalm 40:12

Troubles have surrounded me. They are too many to count! My sins have caught me, and I cannot escape them. They are more than the hairs on my head. I have lost my courage.

Romans 7:8

And sin found a way to use that command and make me want all kinds of things that weren’t mine. So sin came to me because of the command. But without the law, sin has no power.

Romans 7:10

and I died spiritually. The command was meant to bring life, but for me it brought death.