A moment in scripture
Romans 7:13
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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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The surrounding passage
- Romans 7:11
For sin, taking occasion by the commandment, deceived me, and by it slew me.
- Romans 7:12
Wherefore the law is holy, and the commandment holy, and just, and good.
- Romans 7:14
For we know that the law is spiritual: but I am carnal, sold under sin.
- Romans 7:15
For that which I do I allow not: for what I would, that do I not; but what I hate, that do I.
Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.