Romans 7:9 meaning and explanation
Once I was alive apart from the law; but when the commandment came, sin sprang to life and I died.
Romans 7:9, Berean Standard Bible
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Paul is speaking, describing his own experience in the first person as part of his argument in Romans 7 that the law is good but cannot rescue us. He recalls a time when he was "alive apart from the law," likely meaning before he understood the commandment's full claim on him.
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