^7 (A)What shall we say then? Is the Law sin? ^[a](B)Far from it! On the contrary, ^(C)I would not have come to know sin except ^[b]through the Law; for I would not have known about ^[c]coveting if the Law had not said, “^(D)You shall not ^[d]covet.” ⁸ But sin, ^(E)taking an opportunity ^(F)through the commandment, produced in me ^[e]coveting of every kind; for ^(G)apart ^[f]from the Law sin is dead.

⁴ Everyone who practices sin also practices lawlessness; and ^(A)sin is lawlessness.