¹³ To be sure, sin was in the world before the law was given, but sin is not charged against anyone’s account where there is no law.^(A)

²⁰ The law was brought in so that the trespass might increase.^(A) But where sin increased, grace increased all the more,^(B)

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

¹⁵ because the law brings wrath.^(A) And where there is no law there is no transgression.^(B)