^{9 Ref} And I was alive apart from the law once: but when the commandment came, sin revived, and I died;

^{10 Ref} and the commandment, which `was' unto life, this I found `to be' unto death:

^{11 Ref} for sin, finding occasion, through the commandment beguiled me, and through it slew me.

^{12 Ref} So that the law is holy, and the commandment holy, and righteous, and good.

^{13 Ref} Did then that which is good become death unto me? God forbid. But sin, that it might be shown to be sin, by working death to me through that which is good; --that through the commandment sin might become exceeding sinful.