<p>7:10&nbsp;<i>And the commandment, which was intended to life</i>- This presumably implies that perfect keeping of the law would have resulted in a person living the life of God, the kind of life which will be lived in the eternal life (which might also be implied in Lev. 18:5 cp. Rom. 10:5; Ps. 19:7-10; Ez. 20:11; Lk. 20:28). Death for such a person would therefore be necessary because of their relation with Adam, but would in another sense be unjust, in that they had not sinned. The perfect obedience of the Lord Jesus therefore required His resurrection. His eternal life wasn&rsquo;t given to Him by grace, but He was entitled to it by obedience. He had no pre-existent eternal life; He was given eternal life because of His obedience. And His life is counted to us who are &ldquo;in Him&rdquo; by grace. See on Rom. 7:12.</p><p><i>This I found to be to death</i>- &ldquo;Found&rdquo; is s.w. Rom. 7:18,21. Paul obviously examined his life and therefore can speak of what he had found / discovered about himself. This level of self-knowledge is surely our pattern&hellip; for the unexamined life isn&rsquo;t life but mere existence.&nbsp;</p>