^7:9And I was once alive apart from the law, but with the coming of the commandment sin became alive ^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

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.
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

I was once alive apart from the law, but when the commandment came, sin came alive and I died. The very commandment that promised life proved to be death to me.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Once I was alive apart from the law; but when the commandment came, sin sprang to life and I died. I found that the very commandment that was intended to bring life actually brought death.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Once I was alive apart from the law, but when the commandment came, sin sprang to life again and I died. The commandment that was meant for life resulted in death for me.

NLTNew Living Translation

At one time I lived without understanding the law. But when I learned the command not to covet, for instance, the power of sin came to life, 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 was alive once, apart from the law, but when the commandment came, sin sprang to life 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

For I was alive without the law once: but when the commandment came, sin revived, and I died. And the commandment, which was ordained to life, I found to be unto death.

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