Romans 7:12

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Translations sourced from the public-domain WEB, KJV, and ASV. See all sources.

“Therefore the law indeed is holy, and the commandment holy, and righteous, and good.”

— WEB

“Wherefore the law is holy, and the commandment holy, and just, and good.”

— KJV

“So that the law is holy, and the commandment holy, and righteous, and good.”

— ASV

Cross-references

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1 Timothy 1:8 "But we know that the law is good, if a person uses it lawfully,"
Psalms 119:137 "You are righteous, Yahweh. Your judgments are upright."
Psalms 19:7-12 "Yahweh’s law is perfect, restoring the soul. Yahweh’s testimony is sure, making wise the simple."
Romans 7:14 "For we know that the law is spiritual, but I am fleshly, sold under sin."
Psalms 119:172 "Let my tongue sing of your word, for all your commandments are righteousness."
Romans 3:31 "Do we then nullify the law through faith? May it never be! No, we establish the law."
Nehemiah 9:13 "“You also came down on Mount Sinai, and spoke with them from heaven, and gave them right ordinances and true laws, good statutes and comm…"
Deuteronomy 4:8 "What great nation is there, that has statutes and ordinances so righteous as all this law, which I set before you today?"

Commentary

Wherefore--"So that." the law is--"is indeed" good, and the commandment--that one so often referred to, which forbids all lusting. holy, and just, and good.

— Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (public domain)

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