For sin, taking occasion through the commandment, deceived me, and through it killed me.

Has then that which is good become death to me? Let it not be! But sin, that it might appear to be sin, was producing death in me through what is good, so that sin through the commandment might become exceedingly sinful.

But now, it is no longer I doing it, but sin that dwells in me.

because the Law brings about wrath; for where there is no law, neither is there transgression.

Moreover the Law entered that the offense might abound. But where sin abounded, grace abounded much more,

But each one is tempted when he is drawn away by his own lusts and enticed.

Then, when lust has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and sin, when it is finished, brings forth death.

because the Law brings about wrath; for where there is no law, neither is there transgression.

If I had not come and spoken to them, they would have no sin, but now they have no excuse for their sin.

If I had not done among them the works which no one else did, they would have no sin. But now they have seen and also hated both Me and My Father.

The sting of death is sin, and the strength of sin is the Law.