²⁰ For no human will be justified before him by deeds prescribed by the law, for through the law comes the knowledge of sin.^(A)

⁸ But sin, seizing an opportunity through the commandment, produced in me all kinds of covetousness. For apart from the law sin lies dead.^(A)

¹⁰ and I died, and the very commandment that promised life proved to be death to me.^(A)

¹¹ For sin, seizing an opportunity in the commandment, deceived me and through it killed me.

¹⁰ For all who rely on the works of the law are under a curse, for it is written, “Cursed is everyone who does not observe and obey all the things written in the book of the law.”^(A)