20 For ^lby works of the law no human being¹ will be justified in his sight, since ^mthrough the law comes knowledge of sin.

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.”