Romans 7:11

for sin, finding occasion, through the commandment beguiled me, and through it slew me. "Beguiled me" -1818. exapatao ex-ap-at-ah'-o; from 1537 and 538; to seduce wholly: -beguile, deceive.

'And this is the case history of the race. This is only. lightly-veiled allusion to the experience of Eve when the Serpent used the commandment as the "occasion" to beguile the poor woman. Where Sin has entered the life of. person we consistently hear of God's commandments spoken of as if they were an obstacle to life rather than. means of regulating it. Eve was told the commandment was really in her way. If she ignored it she would learn what life was really all about. Nothing has changed. The Devil is still conning people into thinking that God's commandments dry up life, steal away life, stunt life and rob people of life.'

This is one reason that sin is called "deceitful" (Ephesians 4:22; Hebrews 3:13). All of us, at one time or another were conned into thinking that the will of God stood between us and happiness..'The commandment is lyingly made to appear as. disagreeable obstacle to the gratification of our desires, to our "free self-expression", to "living our own lives".' (Lenski p. 468)

"Slew me" -Killed me off, made. clean job of it (Robertson p. 368). But if one is born into this life, inheriting the sins of Adam, you are already dead, there is nothing left for sin to kill!