Romans 7:9 (WEB)
I was alive apart from the law once, but when the commandment came, sin revived and I died.
Fathers and councils · 3
Origen
- Origen, Against Celsus III.62Book III
“As Paul also says, “When the commandment came, sin revived, and I died.”” — editor's note: Rom. vii. 9.
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Augustine of Hippo
“For, “He hath raised up a testimony,” as far as I can judge, hath been said because by it something has been raised up; “For without the Law,” saith the Apostle, “sin was dead: but I lived sometime without the Law: but at the coming in of the commandment sin revived.”” — editor's note: Rom. vii. 8, 9.
Read the whole comment“And we thought that we could easily be righteous as it were by our own strength, before we received the command; “but when the command came, sin revived; but I died,” saith the Apostle.” — editor's note: Rom. vii. 9.
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