²⁴ Therefore ^(A)the law was our ^[a]tutor to bring us to Christ, ^(B)that we might be justified by faith. ²⁵ But after faith has come, we are no longer under a tutor.

Sin’s Advantage in the Law

⁷ What shall we say then? Is the law sin? Certainly not! On the contrary, ^(A)I would not have known sin except through the law. For I would not have known covetousness unless the law had said, ^(B)“You shall not covet.”

¹² Therefore ^(A)the law is holy, and the commandment holy and just and good.

²² For I ^(A)delight in the law of God according to ^(B)the inward man.

^25 (A)I thank God—through Jesus Christ our Lord!

So then, with the mind I myself serve the law of God, but with the flesh the law of sin.