...own condemnation. And this be learns in consequence of perusing sin ; this was the case with Paul. " Sin, taking occasion by the commandment, deceived me, and by it slew me." 1 He found sin taking occasion by the commandment of God, to oppose it in every respect — it opposed...

...It being only fleshly religion, it could not stand, as by the law is the knowledge of sin, and that which was ordained to life, I found to be unto death ; for now, being brought to see myself a sinner, I was obliged to acknowledge with the apostle, " I was alive...

...dead. For I was alive without the law once : but when the commandment came, sin revived, and I died. And the commandment, which was ordained to life, I...by the commandment, deceived me, and by it slew me. Wherefore the law is holy, and the commandment holy, and just, and good. Was then that which is good...

...Law of Propagation that weakens the body, weakens the mind, and produces premature death. He said: "The commandment, which was ordained to life, I found to be unto death." (Rom. 7:10). Paul continues: "For when we were in the flesh, the motions of sin (fornication), which...

...dead. For I was alive without the law once: but when the commandment came, sin revived, and I died. And the commandment, which was ordained to life, I...by the commandment, deceived me, and by it slew me. Wherefore the law is holy, and the commandment holy, and just, and good. Was then that which is good...

...errands of life these letters speed to death,' is 'a barely concealed quotation from Romans 7.10 ... "And the commandment, which was ordained to life I found to be unto death'"; he further comments that the term 'commandment' (entole) is better translated as 'errand' or 'mandate.'...

...eis zden, aute eis thanaton, which, in the translation Melville would have known, reads as follows: "And the commandment, which was ordained to life, I found to be unto death" (entole is a "mandate," what is sent for a reason — hence epistole, "letter" — and is more correctly...

...exposed the hideous nature of sin and again did so in two ways. First it exposed the seriousness of sin. "And the commandment, which was ordained to life,...by the commandment, deceived me, and by it slew me" (w. 10-11). For the law contained punishments as well as precepts. It had power to reveal sin but no...

...dead. For I was alive without the law once: but when the commandment came, sin revived, and I died. And the commandment, which was ordained to life, I...by the commandment, deceived me, and by it slew me" (Romans 7:7-1 1). When he wrote to the Romans, Paul looked back on his preconversion days. He showed...

...and through the fear of rejection that comes from knowing that we have failed God (1 John 4:17, 18). "And the commandment, which was ordained to life,...occasion by the commandment, deceived me, and by it slew me.'3 Wherefore the law is holy, and the commandment holy, and just, and good.'3 Was then that which...