Romans 7:13 Cross References

Romans 7:13

13: But how can that be? Did the law, which is good, cause my doom? Of course not! Sin used what was good to bring about my condemnation. So we can see how terrible sin really is. It uses God's good commandment for its own evil purposes.

James 1:13

  1. And remember, no one who wants to do wrong should ever say, "God is tempting me." God is never tempted to do wrong, and he never tempts anyone else either.
  2. Temptation comes from the lure of our own evil desires.
  3. These evil desires lead to evil actions, and evil actions lead to death.

Galatians 3:21

  1. Well then, is there a conflict between God's law and God's promises? Absolutely not! If the law could have given us new life, we could have been made right with God by obeying it.

Romans 7:8

  1. But sin took advantage of this law and aroused all kinds of forbidden desires within me! If there were no law, sin would not have that power.
  2. I felt fine when I did not understand what the law demanded. But when I learned the truth, I realized I had broken the law and was a sinner, doomed to die.
  3. So the good law, which was supposed to show me the way of life, instead gave me the death penalty.
  4. Sin took advantage of the law and fooled me; it took the good law and used it to make me guilty of death.

Romans 8:3

  1. The law of Moses could not save us, because of our sinful nature. But God put into effect a different plan to save us. He sent his own Son in a human body like ours, except that ours are sinful. God destroyed sin's control over us by giving his Son as a sacrifice for our sins.

Romans 5:20

  1. God's law was given so that all people could see how sinful they were. But as people sinned more and more, God's wonderful kindness became more abundant.
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