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Romans 7:10

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7:10and I died. So18 I found that the very commandment that was intended to bring life brought death!19

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Footnotes

  1. 18 Here καί (kai) has been translated as “So” to indicate the result of the statement in the previous verse. Greek style often begins sentences or clauses with “and,” but English style generally does not.
  2. 19 Grk “and there was found in/for me the commandment which was for life—this was for death.”

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

The very commandment that promised life proved to be death to me.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

I found that the very commandment that was intended to bring life actually brought death.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

and I died. The commandment that was meant for life resulted in death for me.

NLTNew Living Translation

and I died. So I discovered that the law’s commands, which were supposed to bring life, brought spiritual death instead.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

and I died, and this commandment which was to lead to life was found with respect to me to lead to death.

KJV 1900King James Version

And the commandment, which was ordained to life, I found to be unto death.