romans 7:10 And the commandment, which was ordained to life, I found to be unto death.

romans 7:10 and this commandment, which was to result in life, proved to result in death for me;

10, 11. And--thus.
the commandment, which was, &c.--designed
to--give
life--through the keeping of it.
I found to be unto death--through breaking it.
For sin--my sinful nature.
taking occasion by the commandment, deceived me--or "seduced me"--drew me aside into the very thing which the commandment forbade.
and by it slew me--"discovered me to myself to be a condemned and gone man" (compare Ro 7:9, "I died").

romans 7:10 and this commandment, which was to result in life, proved to result in death for me;

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