This I found unto death (ευρεθη μοι--αυτη εις θανατον). Literally, "the commandment the one for (meant for) life, this was found f…

And the commandment. The law to which he had referred before.

Which was ordained to life. This was intended to produce lif…

Which was ordained to. — “The very commandment which was for life I found to be for death” (Ellicott). The Law was instit…

And the commandment, which was ordained to life, I found to be unto death. For sin, taking occasion by the commandment, deceived me, and by it …

Paul’s statement that he was once alive apart from the law should be taken in a relative sense, for there was actually no time in his life before h…

Was found by me, etc. Two things are stated here: first, that the commandment shows us a way of life in the righteousness of God, and seco…

And the commandment which was ordained to life
The law which promised a continuance of an immortal life to Adam, in …

There is no way of coming to that knowledge of sin, which is necessary for repentance and therefore for peace and pardon, except by testing our hea…

1. After showing that through Christ’s grace we are freed from the slavery of the law, and that this liberation is useful, the Apostle now a…