Romans 7:9

For I was alive without the law once: but when the commandment came, sin revived, and I died.

Cross-references

Romans 7:4 Contrast

Romans 7:4 presents dying to the law through Christ—the solution to the death caused by sin in 7:9. Contrast between death under law and death to law.

Romans 7:6 Parallel

Romans 7:6 describes release from the law to serve in the Spirit—the freedom after the death from sin in 7:9. Contrast between captivity and release.

Romans 7:11 Parallel

Romans 7:11 explains how sin used the commandment to deceive and kill—expanding on the 'sin came alive and I died' in 7:9. Direct parallel.

Romans 7:21-23 describes the ongoing inner war between willing good and sin's power—the state that began when the commandment came in verse 9.

Romans 3:19 Parallel

Romans 3:19 explains that the law silences every excuse and brings guilt—the very 'death' Paul experienced when the commandment came.

Romans 3:20 Parallel

Romans 3:20 clarifies that the law gives knowledge of sin—exactly what happens when the commandment awakens sin in 7:9.

Romans 8:7 Parallel

Romans 8:7 reveals the fleshly mind's hostility to God's law—the root of the death sin brought when the commandment came in 7:9.

Romans 10:5 Contrast

Romans 10:5 describes the law's promise of life for obedience—contrasting with the death Paul found when the commandment came.

James 2:10 Parallel

James 2:10 states that failing in one point makes one guilty of the whole law—intensifying the condemnation brought by a single commandment in Romans 7:9.

In Philippians 3:6, Paul claims faultless legal righteousness—the 'alive' state before the commandment brought death.

In Philippians 3:5, Paul lists his former religious credentials—the same 'alive apart from law' state he describes here.

Galatians 3:10 declares that law-keepers are under a curse for failing to obey fully—the 'death' Paul experienced from the commandment.

2 Corinthians 3:6 explicitly says 'the letter kills' — the same death the commandment produced here.

Acts 13:39 Contrast

Acts 13:39 states justification through Christ, not the law — contrasting the law's death-dealing effect here.

James 2:11 Parallel

James 2:11 illustrates that breaking any command makes one a lawbreaker—mirroring how one commandment in Romans 7:9 brings death.

Galatians 2:19 describes dying to the law through the law to live to God—contrasting the death by sin in Romans 7:9. Same mechanism, opposite result.

John 5:45 Parallel

John 5:45 says Moses (the law) accuses you — the same condemning role that brings death here.

In Matthew 5:21-26, Jesus' intensification of the law reveals why the commandment brought death—it exposes inner sin.

Luke 18:21 Parallel

In Luke 18:21, the ruler's claim to have kept the law parallels Paul's former 'alive' state—a false security.

In Luke 18:9-12, the Pharisee's self-righteous prayer echoes Paul's confidence before the law exposed his sin.

Luke 15:29 Parallel

In Luke 15:29, the elder son's boast of never disobeying reflects Paul's former 'alive' state—a false blamelessness.

In Luke 10:25-29, the lawyer's self-justification mirrors Paul's former 'alive' state before the law exposed his sin.

In Matthew 19:20, the rich young ruler's claimed obedience parallels Paul's former 'alive apart from law'—a false security.

Ezekiel 28:15 describes a blameless state until wickedness appeared—echoing Paul's transition from 'alive' to death when sin entered.