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.

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.