But sin, taking occasion by the commandment, wrought in me all manner of concupiscence. For without the law sin was dead.
thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, lasciviousness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness:
If I had not come and spoken unto them, they had not had sin; but now they have no cloak for their sin.
If I had not done among them the works which none other man did, they had not had sin: but now have they both seen and hated both me and my Father.
Therefore by the deeds of the law there shall no flesh be justified in his sight: for by the law is the knowledge of sin.
because the law worketh wrath: for where no law is, there is no transgression.
Moreover the law entered, that the offense might abound. But where sin abounded, grace did much more abound:
For sin, taking occasion by the commandment, deceived me, and by it slew me.
Was then that which is good made death unto me? God forbid. But sin, that it might appear sin, working death in me by that which is good; that sin by the commandment might become exceeding sinful.
Now then it is no more I that do it, but sin that dwelleth in me.
For I was alive without the law once: but when the commandment came, sin revived, and I died.
The sting of death is sin; and the strength of sin is the law.