⁸ But sin, ^(A)seizing an opportunity through the commandment, produced in me all kinds of covetousness. ^(B)For apart from the law, sin lies dead.

¹¹ For sin, ^(A)seizing an opportunity through the commandment, ^(B)deceived me and through it killed me.

⁵⁶ The sting of death is sin, and ^(A)the power of sin is the law.

¹⁵ For ^(A)the law brings wrath, but ^(B)where there is no law ^(C)there is no transgression.

¹⁴ But each person is tempted when he is lured and enticed by his own desire. ¹⁵ Then desire ^(A)when it has conceived gives birth to sin, and ^(B)sin when it is fully grown brings forth death.

¹³ Did that which is good, then, bring death to me? By no means! It was sin, producing death in me through what is good, in order that sin might be shown to be sin, and through the commandment might become sinful beyond measure.

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

²² If I had not come and spoken to them, ^(A)they would not have been guilty of sin,^[a] but now they have no excuse for their sin.

¹⁷ So now ^(A)it is no longer I who do it, but sin that dwells within me.

^24 (A)If I had not done among them the works that no one else did, ^(B)they would not be guilty of sin, but now they have ^(C)seen and hated both me and my Father.