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13 for up to the time of the law, sin was in the world, though sin is not accounted when there is no law.(A)

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20 The law entered in[a] so that transgression might increase but, where sin increased, grace overflowed all the more,(A)

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  1. 5:20 The law entered in: sin had made its entrance (Rom 5:12); now the law comes in alongside sin. See notes on Rom 1:18–32; 5:12–21. Where sin increased, grace overflowed all the more: Paul declares that grace outmatches the productivity of sin.

56 The sting of death is sin,[a] and the power of sin is the law.(A)

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  1. 15:56 The sting of death is sin: an explanation of Hosea’s metaphor. Death, scorpion-like, is equipped with a sting, sin, by which it injects its poison. Christ defeats sin, the cause of death (Gn 3:19; Rom 5:12).

15 For the law produces wrath;(A) but where there is no law, neither is there violation.[a]

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  1. 4:15 Law has the negative function of bringing the deep-seated rebellion against God to the surface in specific sins; see note on Rom 1:18–32.