¹⁵ because ^(A)the law brings about wrath; for where there is no law there is no transgression.

¹³ (For until the law sin was in the world, but ^(A)sin is not imputed when there is no law.

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.”