¹⁰ For whoever keeps the whole law and yet stumbles^(A) at just one point is guilty of breaking all of it.^{(B) 11} For he who said, “You shall not commit adultery,”^[a](C) also said, “You shall not murder.”^[b](D) If you do not commit adultery but do commit murder, you have become a lawbreaker.

The Law and Sin

⁷ What shall we say, then?^(A) Is the law sinful? Certainly not!^(B) Nevertheless, I would not have known what sin was had it not been for the law.^(C) For I would not have known what coveting really was if the law had not said, “You shall not covet.”^[a](D)