⁴ Not at all! Let God be true,^(A) and every human being a liar.^(B) As it is written:

⁶ Certainly not! If that were so, how could God judge the world?^(A)

³¹ Do we, then, nullify the law by this faith? Not at all! Rather, we uphold the law.

² By no means! We are those who have died to sin;^(A) how can we live in it any longer?

Slaves to Righteousness

¹⁵ What then? Shall we sin because we are not under the law but under grace?^(A) By no means!

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)

¹³ Did that which is good, then, become death to me? By no means! Nevertheless, in order that sin might be recognized as sin, it used what is good^(A) to bring about my death,^(B) so that through the commandment sin might become utterly sinful.

¹⁴ What then shall we say?^(A) Is God unjust? Not at all!^(B)

The Remnant of Israel

11 I ask then: Did God reject his people? By no means!^(A) I am an Israelite myself, a descendant of Abraham,^(B) from the tribe of Benjamin.^(C)