Romans 7:9
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Romans 7:9 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Romans 7:9 is a verse from the book of Romans in the New Testament. The KJV reads: "For I was alive without the law once: but when the commandment came, sin revived, and I died." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Romans 7:9 — KJV
“For I was alive without the law once: but when the commandment came, sin revived, and I died.”
— Romans 7:9 (KJV)
Romans 7:9 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 7:9
“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 7:9: law, commandment, came
“And afterward all the children of Israel came nigh: and he gave them in commandment all that the LORD had spoken with him in mount Sinai.”
Shares key themes with Romans 7:9: commandment, came, sin
“Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, If a soul shall sin through ignorance against any of the commandments of the LORD concerning things which ought not to be done, and shall do against any of them:”
Shares key themes with Romans 7:9: once, commandment, sin
“And if the whole congregation of Israel sin through ignorance, and the thing be hid from the eyes of the assembly, and they have done somewhat against any of the commandments of the LORD concerning things which should not be done, and are guilty;”
Shares key themes with Romans 7:9: once, commandment, sin
“When a ruler hath sinned, and done somewhat through ignorance against any of the commandments of the LORD his God concerning things which should not be done, and is guilty;”
Shares key themes with Romans 7:9: once, commandment, sin
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