Romans 7:13

The Passion Translation

So, did something meant to be good become death to me? Certainly not! It was not the law but sin unmasked that produced my spiritual death. The sacred commandment merely uncovered the evil of sin so it could be seen for what it is.

Cross References

Matthew 28:8

They rushed quickly to tell his disciples, and their hearts were filled with fear, awe, and great joy at the same time.

Luke 20:16

He will come back and destroy them and give his vineyard to another.” When the people heard this story, they all agreed, “This should never happen!”

Romans 5:20

So then, the law was introduced into God’s plan to bring the reality of human sinfulness out of hiding. And yet, wherever sin increased, there was more than enough of God’s grace to triumph all the more!

Romans 8:3

For God achieved what the law was unable to accomplish, because the law was limited by the weakness of human nature. Yet God sent us his Son in human form to identify with human weakness. Clothed with humanity, God’s Son gave his body to be the sin-offering so that God could once and for all condemn the guilt and power of sin.

Galatians 3:21

Since that’s true, should we consider the written law to be contrary to the promise of new life? How absurd! Truly, if there was a law that we could keep which would give us new life, then our salvation would have come by law-keeping.