Parallel Verses
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].
New American Standard Bible
I was once alive apart
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;
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;
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Word Count of 37 Translations in Romans 7:9
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Context Readings
Knowledge Of Sin Comes Through The Law
8
But sin, finding an opportunity through the commandment [to express itself] produced in me every kind of coveting and selfish desire. For without the Law sin is dead [the recognition of sin is inactive].
9 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].
Cross References
Psalm 40:12
For innumerable evils have encompassed me;
My sins have overtaken me, so that I am not able to see.
They are more numerous than the hairs of my head,
And my heart has failed me.
Matthew 5:21-26
Matthew 15:4-6
Matthew 19:20
The young man said to Him, “I have kept all these things [from my youth]; what do I still lack?”
Mark 7:8-13
Luke 10:25-29
And a certain lawyer [an expert in Mosaic Law] stood up to test Him, saying, “Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?”
Luke 15:29
Luke 18:9-12
He also told this parable to some people who trusted in themselves and were confident that they were righteous [posing outwardly as upright and in right standing with God], and who viewed others with contempt:
Luke 18:21
He replied, “I have kept all these things from my youth.”
Romans 3:19-20
Now we know that whatever the Law [of Moses] says, it speaks to those who are under the Law, so that [the excuses of] every mouth may be silenced [from protesting] and that all the world may be held accountable to God [and subject to His judgment].
Romans 7:4
Therefore, my
Romans 7:6
But now we have been released from the Law and its penalty, having died [through Christ] to that by which we were held captive, so that we serve [God] in the newness of the Spirit and not in the oldness of the letter [of the Law].
Romans 7:11
For sin, seizing its opportunity through the commandment, beguiled and completely deceived me, and
Romans 7:21-23
So I find it to be the law [of my inner self], that evil is present in me, the one who wants to do good.
Romans 8:7
the mind of the flesh [with its sinful pursuits] is actively hostile to God. It does not submit itself to God’s law, since it cannot,
Romans 10:5
For Moses writes that the man who practices the righteousness which is based on law [with all its intricate demands] shall live by it.
Galatians 2:19
For through the Law I died to the Law and its demands on me [because salvation is provided through the death and resurrection of Christ], so that I might [from now on] live to God.
Galatians 3:10
For all who depend on the Law [seeking justification and salvation by obedience to the Law and the observance of rituals] are under a curse; for it is written, “Cursed (condemned to destruction) is everyone who does not abide by all things written in the book of the law, so as to practice them.”
Philippians 3:5-6
circumcised when I was eight days old, of the nation of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew of Hebrews [an exemplary Hebrew]; as to the [observance of the] Law, a Pharisee;
James 2:10-11
For whoever keeps the whole Law but stumbles in one point, he has become guilty of [breaking] all of it.