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11 For sin, having taken an opportunity through the commandment, deceived[a] me, and through it, killed me.

So The Law Is Good

12 So-then the Law is holy, and the commandment is holy and righteous and good.

Not That The Law Killed Me. Sin Is To Blame For My Death

13 Therefore did the good thing become death[b] for me? May it never be! On the contrary, it was sin, in order that it might become-visible as sin while producing death in me through the good thing, in order that sin might become extremely[c] sinful through the commandment.

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Footnotes

  1. Romans 7:11 Or, opportunity, deceived me through the commandment.
  2. Romans 7:13 If the Law resulted in death, v 5, 10, is God’s Law responsible for my death?
  3. Romans 7:13 Or, supremely, utterly.

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