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Romans 7:13Rom.7.13

Was then that which is good made death unto me? God forbid. But sin, that it might appear sin, working death in me by that which is good; that sin by the commandment might become exceeding sinful.

KJV

Greek original

Translations

Louis Segond 1910

Ce qui est bon a-t-il donc été pour moi une cause de mort? Loin de là! Mais c'est le péché, afin qu'il se manifestât comme péché en me donnant la mort par ce qui est bon, et que, par le commandement, il devînt condamnable au plus haut point.

KJV

Was then that which is good made death unto me? God forbid. But sin, that it might appear sin, working death in me by that which is good; that sin by the commandment might become exceeding sinful.

Patristic reading

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  • Diodorus of Tarsus

    Fragmenta in epistulam ad Romanos

    ον δε δια τους ραθυμους και φιληδονους ανελειν των σπουδαιων και εναρετων την της σωτηριας υποθεσιν. Rom 7,13 Ἔλεγχος, φησι, της του διαβολου πονηριας ο νομος· αγαθον δε τον νομον ειπεν. φαινεται ουν ο πονηρος δεινος ων πονηρος, οταν δια του δοθεντος αγαθου θανατον τοις λαβουσι τ…
  • Various

    Patrologia Latina Vol. 96 (Migne)

    n cognovi nisi per legem, etc. Peccatum, ut appareat peccatum, per bonum mihi operatum est mortem (Rom. VII, 13) . Quomodo enim peccatum per legem cognovit, quod ignorat? quomodo apparet peccatum, quod ignoratur? Sic ergo dictum est, ignoro, non facio (quia nulla consensione id…
  • Various

    Patrologia Latina Vol. 171 (Migne)

    erum: «Video legem in membris meis, repugnantem legi mentis meae, et captivantem me in lege peccati (Rom. VII, 13) .» Pugnat item fidelis contra impios. De quibus ait Dominus: «Eritis odio omnibus hominibus propter nomen meum. Si me persecuti sunt, et vos persequentur (Matth. X,…

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