What then shall we say? Is the law sin? Certainly not! Indeed, I would not have been mindful of sin if not for the law. For I would not have been aware of coveting if the law had not said, "Do not covet." Cross References Exodus 20:17 You shall not covet your neighbor's house. You shall not covet your neighbor's wife, or his manservant or maidservant, or his ox or donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbor." Deuteronomy 5:21 You shall not covet your neighbor's wife. You shall not covet your neighbor's house or field, or his manservant or maidservant, or his ox or donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbor." Luke 20:16 He will come and kill those tenants, and will give the vineyard to others." And when the people heard this, they said, "May such a thing never happen!" Romans 3:5 But if our unrighteousness highlights the righteousness of God, what shall we say? That God is unjust to inflict His wrath on us? I am speaking in human terms. Romans 3:20 Therefore no one will be justified in His sight by works of the law. For the law merely brings awareness of sin. Romans 4:15 because the law brings wrath. And where there is no law, there is no transgression. Romans 5:20 The law came in so that the trespass would increase; but where sin increased, grace increased all the more, Romans 7:5 For when we lived according to the flesh, the sinful passions aroused by the law were at work in our bodies, bearing fruit for death. Hebrews 7:19 (for the law made nothing perfect), and a better hope is introduced, by which we draw near to God. Treasury of Scripture What shall we say then? Is the law sin? God forbid. No, I had not known sin, but by the law: for I had not known lust, except the law had said, You shall not covet. What. Romans 3:5 Romans 4:1 Romans 6:15 is the law. Romans 7:8,11,13 1 Corinthians 15:56 I had. Romans 7:5 Romans 3:20 Psalm 19:7-12 lust. Romans 7:8 1 Thessalonians 4:5 Thou shalt. Romans 13:9 Genesis 3:6 Exodus 20:17 |