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

¹³ In fact, sin was in the world before the law, but sin is not charged to a person’s account when there is no law.^(A)

²⁰ The law came along to multiply the trespass.^(A) But where sin multiplied, grace multiplied even more^(B)

Sin’s Use of the Law

⁷ What should we say then?^(A) Is the law sin? Absolutely not!^(B) But I would not have known sin if it were not for the law.^(C) For example, I would not have known what it is to covet if the law had not said, Do not covet.^[a](D)