Romans 2:12

2:12 For all who have sinned apart from the law ¹  will also perish apart from the law, and all who have sinned under the law will be judged by the law.

Romans 3:12

3:12 All have turned away,

together they have become worthless;

there is no one who shows kindness, not even one.” ² 

Romans 5:20

5:20 Now the law came in ³  so that the transgression ⁴  may increase, but where sin increased, grace multiplied all the more,

Romans 6:10

6:10 For the death he died, he died to sin once for all, but the life he lives, he lives to God.

[2:12]  ¹ sn This is the first occurrence of law (nomos) in Romans. Exactly what Paul means by the term has been the subject of much scholarly debate. According to J. A. Fitzmyer (Romans [AB], 131-35; 305-6) there are at least four different senses: (1) figurative, as a “principle”; (2) generic, meaning “a law”; (3) as a reference to the OT or some part of the OT; and (4) as a reference to the Mosaic law. This last usage constitutes the majority of Paul’s references to “law” in Romans.

[3:12]  ² sn Verses 10-12 are a quotation from Ps 14:1-3.

[5:20]  ³ tn Grk “slipped in.”

[5:20]  ⁴ tn Or “trespass.”