Sin found its chance, and by means of the commandment it deceived me and killed me.

But does this mean that what is good caused my death? By no means! It was sin that did it; by using what is good, sin brought death to me, in order that its true nature as sin might be revealed. And so, by means of the commandment sin is shown to be even more terribly sinful.

So I am not really the one who does this thing; rather it is the sin that lives in me.

The Law brings down God's anger; but where there is no law, there is no disobeying of the law.

Law was introduced in order to increase wrongdoing; but where sin increased, God's grace increased much more.

But we are tempted when we are drawn away and trapped by our own evil desires.

Then our evil desires conceive and give birth to sin; and sin, when it is full-grown, gives birth to death.

The Law brings down God's anger; but where there is no law, there is no disobeying of the law.

They would not have been guilty of sin if I had not come and spoken to them; as it is, they no longer have any excuse for their sin.

They would not have been guilty of sin if I had not done among them the things that no one else ever did; as it is, they have seen what I did, and they hate both me and my Father.

Death gets its power to hurt from sin, and sin gets its power from the Law.