Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

I was once alive apart from the Law; but when the commandment came, sin became alive and I died;

King James Version

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

Holman Bible

Once I was alive apart from the law, but when the commandment came, sin sprang to life

International Standard Version

At one time I was alive without any connection to the Law. But when the rule was revealed, sin sprang to life,

A Conservative Version

And I was alive once apart from law, but when the commandment came, sin revived, and I died.

American Standard Version

And I was alive apart from the law once: but when the commandment came, sin revived, and I died;

Amplified

I was once alive without [knowledge of] the Law; but when the commandment came [and I understood its meaning], sin became alive and I died [since the Law sentenced me to death].

An Understandable Version

And I was [once] alive before being aware of the law [i.e., complacent and without a sense of guilt]; but when [awareness of] the commandment [not to sin] came, sin sprang to life,

Anderson New Testament

Indeed, I was alive with out the law, once; but when the commandment came, sin be came alive, and I died:

Bible in Basic English

And there was a time when I was living without the law: but when the law gave its orders, sin came to life and put me to death;

Common New Testament

I was once alive apart from the law, but when the commandment came, sin sprang to life and I died.

Daniel Mace New Testament

then it was I once liv'd secure; but when the prohibition came, sin exerted it self, and I was in a dying condition:

Darby Translation

But I was alive without law once; but the commandment having come, sin revived, but I died.

Godbey New Testament

But I was alive at one time without law: but the commandment having come, sin revived,

Goodspeed New Testament

I was once alive and without law, but when the command came, sin awoke and then I died;

John Wesley New Testament

And I was once alive without the law; but when the commandment came,

Julia Smith Translation

And I was living without law once: and the command having come, sin came back to life, and I died.

King James 2000

For I was alive apart from the law once: but when the commandment came, sin revived, and I died.

Lexham Expanded Bible

And I was alive once, apart from the law, but [when] the commandment came, sin sprang to life

Modern King James verseion

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

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

I once lived without law: but when the commandment came, sin revived, and I was dead.

Moffatt New Testament

I lived at one time without law myself, but when the command came home to me, sin sprang to life and I died;

Montgomery New Testament

Once I lived apart from the Law, myself; but when the commandment came, sin revived, and I died;

NET Bible

And I was once alive apart from the law, but with the coming of the commandment sin became alive

New Heart English Bible

I was alive apart from the law once, but when the commandment came, sin revived, and I died.

Noyes New Testament

And I, apart from the Law, was once alive; but when the commandment came, sin came to life again, and I died;

Sawyer New Testament

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

The Emphasized Bible

And, I, was alive, apart from law, at one time, but, the commandment coming, sin sprang up to life,

Thomas Haweis New Testament

For though I lived without the law formerly; yet when the commandment came, sin revived, but I died.

Twentieth Century New Testament

There was a time when I myself, unconscious of Law, was alive; but when the Commandment was brought home to me, sin sprang into life, while I died!

Webster

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

Weymouth New Testament

Once, apart from Law, I was alive, but when the Commandment came, sin sprang into life, and I died;

Williams New Testament

I was once alive when I had no connection with the law, but when the command came, sin revived, and then I died;

World English Bible

I was alive apart from the law once, but when the commandment came, sin revived, and I died.

Worrell New Testament

And I was alive apart from the law once; but, when the commandment came, sin revived, and I died.

Worsley New Testament

And I was heretofore alive without the law: but when the commandment came, sin revived, and I died:

Youngs Literal Translation

And I was alive apart from law once, and the command having come, the sin revived, and I died;

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
For
δέ 
De 
but, and, now, then, also, yet, yea, so, moreover, nevertheless, for, even, , not tr
Usage: 2184

I
ἐγώ 
Ego 
ἐγώ 
Ego 
I, my, me, not tr
I, my, me, not tr
Usage: 174
Usage: 174

ζάω 
Zao 
live, be alive, alive, quick, lively, not tr, , vr live
Usage: 115

χωρίς 
Choris 
Usage: 38

the law
νόμος 
Nomos 
law
Usage: 179

ποτέ 
Pote 
in time past, at any time, in times past, sometimes, sometime, once, not tr,
Usage: 28

but
δέ 
De 
but, and, now, then, also, yet, yea, so, moreover, nevertheless, for, even, , not tr
Usage: 2184

ἔρχομαι 
Erchomai 
come, go, , vr come
Usage: 424

ἐντολή 
Entole 
Usage: 47

ἔρχομαι 
Erchomai 
come, go, , vr come
Usage: 424

sin
ἁμαρτία 
Hamartia 
Usage: 143

ἀναζάω 
Anazao 
Usage: 3

and
δέ 
De 
but, and, now, then, also, yet, yea, so, moreover, nevertheless, for, even, , not tr
Usage: 2184

Context Readings

Knowledge Of Sin Comes Through The Law

8 Then sin, when there was occasion by the commandment, wrought in me all manner of lust. For without the law sin was as if it were dormant. 9 I was once alive apart from the Law; but when the commandment came, sin became alive and I died; 10 And I found that the same commandment, which was unto life, was mortal unto me.


Cross References

Psalm 40:12

For innumerable evils have compassed me about; my iniquities have taken hold upon me, so that I am not able to see; they are more than the hairs of my head; therefore my heart fails me.

Matthew 5:21-26

Ye have heard that it was said to the ancients, Thou shalt not commit murder, and whosoever shall commit murder shall be guilty of the judgment;

Matthew 15:4-6

For God commanded, saying, Honour thy father and mother, and, He that curses father or mother, let him die without recourse.

Matthew 19:20

The young man said unto him, All these things I have kept from my youth up; what do I lack?

Mark 7:8-13

For laying aside the commandment of God, ye hold the tradition of men as the washing of pots and cups, and many other such like things ye do.

Luke 10:25-29

And, behold, a certain lawyer stood up and tempted him, saying, Master, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?

Luke 15:29

And he, answering, said to his father, Behold, these many years I have served thee, neither at any time have I transgressed thy commandment; and yet thou never gavest me a kid that I might make merry with my friends.

Luke 18:9-12

And he spoke this parable unto some who trusted in themselves that they were righteous and despised others:

Luke 18:21

And he said, All these things I have kept from my youth up.

Romans 3:19-20

Now we know that all that the law says, it says to those who are under the law, that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may submit themselves unto God.

Romans 7:4

Likewise ye also, my brethren, are become dead to the law in the body of the Christ that ye should belong to another, even to him who is raised from the dead, that we should bring forth fruit unto God.

Romans 7:6

But now we are free from the law of death in which we were held, that we might serve in newness of Spirit, and not in the oldness of the letter.

Romans 7:11

For sin, having had occasion, deceived me by the commandment and by it killed me.

Romans 7:21-23

So that, desiring to do good, I find this law: evil is natural unto me.

Romans 8:7

because the prudence of the flesh is enmity against God; for it does not subject itself to the law of God, neither indeed can it.

Romans 10:5

For Moses describes the righteousness which is by the law, That the man who does those things shall live by them.

Galatians 2:19

For through the law I am dead to the law, that I might live unto God.

Galatians 3:10

For as many as are of the works of the law are under the curse; for it is written, Cursed is every one that continues not in all things which are written in the book of the law to do them.

Philippians 3:5-6

Circumcised the eighth day, of the lineage of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew of Hebrews; concerning the law, a Pharisee;

James 2:10-11

For whosoever shall have kept the whole law, and then offends in one point is made guilty of all.

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