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Romans 7:11

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For sin, taking occasion by the commandment, deceived me, and by it slew me.

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  1. Romans 7:9

    For I was alive without the law once: but when the commandment came, sin revived, and I died.

  2. Romans 7:10

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

  3. Romans 7:12

    Wherefore the law is holy, and the commandment holy, and just, and good.

  4. Romans 7:13

    Was then that which is good made death unto me? God forbid. But sin, that it might appear sin, working death in me by that which is good; that sin by the commandment might become exceeding sinful.

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