Rom 7:9  And I was alive apart from the law once: but when the commandment came, sin revived, and I died; ASV

Rom 7:9  For I was alive without the law once: but when the commandment came, sin revived, and I died. KJV

Rom 7:9  And I was alive apart from Law once, but the commandment came, and sin came alive, and I died. LITV
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                            COMMENTARY

  Paul is speaking of the truth that when he put himself along side of the law he discovered that he was dead in tresspasses & sins because he was under the law as an unregenerate man.
And what becomes of a person if he dies under the law? He perishes!

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