²⁰ Now ^(A)the law came in to increase the trespass, but where sin increased, ^(B)grace abounded all the more,

⁵ For while we were living in the flesh, our sinful passions, aroused by the law, were at work ^(A)in our members ^(B)to bear fruit for death. ⁶ But now we are released from the law, having died to that which held us captive, so that we serve in the ^(C)new way of ^(D)the Spirit and not in the old way of the written code.^[a]

⁴ Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, ^(A)but bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.

²¹ Fathers, do not provoke your children, lest they become discouraged.