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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Gill's Exposition
Was then that which is good, made death unto me?.... An objection is started upon the last epithet in commendation of the law; and it is as if the objector should say, if the law is good, as you say,…
Barnes' Notes
Was then that which is good ... - This is another objection which the apostle proceeds to answer. The objection is this, “Can it be possible that what is admitted to be good and pure, should be…
Adam Clarke
Was then that which is good made death unto me? - This is the question of the Jew, with whom the apostle appears to be disputing.
"Do you allow the law to be good, and yet say it is the cause of our…
To what he had said in the former paragraph, the apostle here raises an objection, which he answers very fully: What shall we say then? Is the law sin? When he had been speaking of the dominion of…
Cambridge Bible
that which is good These words are emphatic in the Gr. He has said (Rom 7:10) that the commandment was found to be, in respect of him, "untodeath." Here he rejects the thought that it was death;a…
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