Romans 7:11
For sin, taking occasion by the commandment, deceived me, and by it slew me.
Cross-references
In Romans 7:8, sin uses the commandment to produce covetousness — the same deceptive mechanism that leads to death in 7:11.
In Romans 7:13, Paul clarifies that sin, not the law, produces death through the commandment — showing the deception of sin as in 7:11.
Romans 7:7 shows the law reveals sin — a necessary preface to verse 11 where sin uses that same law to deceive and kill.
Romans 7:9 says sin sprang to life and I died — verse 11 then explains that sin used the commandment to deceive and put to death.
Romans 8:6 contrasts the mind of the flesh leading to death with the Spirit giving life — opposite outcome to sin’s death in verse 11.
Hebrews 3:13 warns against being hardened by sin’s deceitfulness — directly echoing the deception in Romans 7:11 where sin deceives through the commandment.
James 1:15 traces sin’s progression from desire to death — paralleling Romans 7:11 where sin deceives and brings death through the commandment.
Ephesians 4:22 describes the old self corrupted by deceitful desires — thematically similar to sin’s deceitful use of the commandment leading to death.