20 For lby works of the law no human being1 will be justified in his sight, since mthrough the law comes knowledge of sin.
15 For the law brings wrath, but bwhere there is no law cthere is no transgression.
13 for sin indeed was in the world before mthe law was given, but nsin is not counted where there is no law.
The Law and Sin
7 nWhat then shall we say? That the law is sin? By no means! oYet if it had not been for the law, I would not have known sin. For I would not have known what it is to covet if the law had not said, p“You shall not covet.” 8 But sin, seizing an opportunity through the commandment, produced in me all kinds of covetousness. qFor apart from the law, sin lies dead. 9 I was once alive apart from the law, but when the commandment came, sin came alive and I died. 10 The very commandment rthat promised life proved to be death to me. 11 For sin, seizing an opportunity through the commandment, deceived me and through it killed me.
