Romans 7:10
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And I died. And the commandment that was ordained to life, the same was found to be unto death to me.

Romans 10:5 For Moses wrote that the justice which is of the law: The man that shall do it shall live by it.

Leviticus 18:5 Keep my laws and my judgments: which if a man do, he shall live in them, I am the Lord.

Ezekiel 20:11,13,21 And I gave them my statutes, and I shewed them my judgments, which if a man do, he shall live in them. . . .

Luke 10:27-29 He answering, said: Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with thy whole heart and with thy whole soul and with all thy strength and with all thy mind: and thy neighbour as thyself. . . .

2 Corinthians 3:7 Now if the ministration of death, engraven with letters upon stones, was glorious (so that the children of Israel could not steadfastly behold the face of Moses, for the glory of his countenance), which is made void:

Context
God's Law is Holy
9And I lived some time without the law. But when the commandment came, sin revived, 10And I died. And the commandment that was ordained to life, the same was found to be unto death to me. 11For sin, taking occasion by the commandment, seduced me: and by it killed me.…
Cross References
Leviticus 18:5
Keep my laws and my judgments: which if a man do, he shall live in them, I am the Lord.

Luke 10:28
And he said to him: Thou hast answered right. This do: and thou shalt live.

Romans 4:15
For the law worketh wrath. For where there is no law, neither is there transgression.

Romans 7:9
And I lived some time without the law. But when the commandment came, sin revived,

Romans 10:5
For Moses wrote that the justice which is of the law: The man that shall do it shall live by it.

Galatians 3:12
But the law is not of faith: but he that doth those things shall live in them.

Lexicon
So
καὶ (kai)
Conjunction
Strong's Greek 2532: And, even, also, namely.

I
μοι (moi)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative 1st Person Singular
Strong's Greek 1473: I, the first-person pronoun. A primary pronoun of the first person I.

discovered that
εὑρέθη (heurethē)
Verb - Aorist Indicative Passive - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's Greek 2147: A prolonged form of a primary heuro, which heureo is used for it in all the tenses except the present and imperfect to find.

the
αὕτη (hautē)
Demonstrative Pronoun - Nominative Feminine Singular
Strong's Greek 3778: This; he, she, it.

very
(hē)
Article - Nominative Feminine Singular
Strong's Greek 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

commandment
ἐντολὴ (entolē)
Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular
Strong's Greek 1785: An ordinance, injunction, command, law. From entellomai; injunction, i.e. An authoritative prescription.

that was
(hē)
Article - Nominative Feminine Singular
Strong's Greek 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

meant to bring
εἰς (eis)
Preposition
Strong's Greek 1519: A primary preposition; to or into, of place, time, or purpose; also in adverbial phrases.

life
ζωὴν (zōēn)
Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular
Strong's Greek 2222: Life, both of physical (present) and of spiritual (particularly future) existence. From zao; life.

[actually brought]
εἰς (eis)
Preposition
Strong's Greek 1519: A primary preposition; to or into, of place, time, or purpose; also in adverbial phrases.

death.
θάνατον (thanaton)
Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular
Strong's Greek 2288: Death, physical or spiritual. From thnesko; death.


Additional Translations
So I discovered that the very commandment that was meant to bring life actually brought death.

and this commandment that was unto life proved to be death to me.

And the commandment, which was ordained to life, I found to be to death.

and the commandment, which was unto life, this I found to be unto death:

And the commandment, which [was] for life, was found, [as] to me, itself [to be] unto death:

and the commandment, which was unto life, this I found to be unto death:

And the commandment which was ordained to life, I found to be to death.

and, as it turned out, the very Commandment which was to bring me life, brought me death.

The commandment, which was for life, this I found to be for death;

and the command that is for life, this was found by me for death;
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