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10 As a result, I became separate from God, as if I had died.[a] So the command that should have brought life to me brought death instead. 11 That command gave sin a chance to deceive me. It caused me to become separate from God.

12 So we understand that God's Law and its commands are completely good. They are holy, fair and good.

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  1. 7:10 Paul understood that he had not obeyed God's Law. He knew that he had become separate from God. He did not have the true life which God gives to believers. See Romans 5:12-14.