The Law and Sin

⁷ What shall we say, then?^(A) Is the law sinful? Certainly not!^(B) Nevertheless, I would not have known what sin was had it not been for the law.^(C) For I would not have known what coveting really was if the law had not said, “You shall not covet.”^[a](D)

¹⁵ because the law brings wrath.^(A) And where there is no law there is no transgression.^(B)

¹³ To be sure, sin was in the world before the law was given, but sin is not charged against anyone’s account where there is no law.^(A)

²⁰ The law was brought in so that the trespass might increase.^(A) But where sin increased, grace increased all the more,^(B)