Romans 7:12
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Romans 7:12 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Romans 7:12 is a verse from the book of Romans in the New Testament. The KJV reads: "Wherefore the law is holy, and the commandment holy, and just, and good." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Romans 7:12 — KJV
“Wherefore the law is holy, and the commandment holy, and just, and good.”
— Romans 7:12 (KJV)
Romans 7:12 in Context — About the Book of Romans
Romans is the gospel argued like a legal brief — Paul's masterwork on sin, justification by faith, life in the Spirit, and God's unbreakable love. Chapter 8 alone has carried more believers through crisis than perhaps any chapter in Scripture: no condemnation, all things working for good, nothing separating us from God's love.
Cross-References for Romans 7:12
“Thou camest down also upon mount Sinai, and spakest with them from heaven, and gavest them right judgments, and true laws, good statutes and commandments: true...: Heb. laws of truth”
Shares key themes with Romans 7:12: law, commandment, good
“If it please the king, let there go a royal commandment from him, and let it be written among the laws of the Persians and the Medes, that it be not altered, That Vashti come no more before king Ahasuerus; and let the king give her royal estate unto another that is better than she. If it...: Heb. If it be good with the king unto...: Heb. unto her companion from him: Heb. from before him be not...: Heb. pass not away”
Shares key themes with Romans 7:12: law, commandment, good
“And they said, Cornelius the centurion, a just man, and one that feareth God, and of good report among all the nation of the Jews, was warned from God by an holy angel to send for thee into his house, and to hear words of thee.”
Shares key themes with Romans 7:12: holy, just, good
“Wherefore the law was our schoolmaster to bring us unto Christ, that we might be justified by faith.”
Shares key themes with Romans 7:12: wherefore, law, just
“But a lover of hospitality, a lover of good men, sober, just, holy, temperate; men: or, things”
Shares key themes with Romans 7:12: holy, just, good
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