Romans 5:13

5:13 for before the law was given, ¹  sin was in the world, but there is no accounting for sin ²  when there is no law.

Romans 7:13

7:13 Did that which is good, then, become death to me? Absolutely not! But sin, so that it would be shown to be sin, produced death in me through what is good, so that through the commandment sin would become utterly sinful.

Romans 7:8

7:8 But sin, seizing the opportunity through the commandment, produced in me all kinds of wrong desires. ³  For apart from the law, sin is dead.

Romans 6:1-2

The Believer’s Freedom from Sin’s Domination

6:1 What shall we say then? Are we to remain in sin so that grace may increase? 6:2 Absolutely not! How can we who died to sin still live in it?

Romans 6:14

6:14 For sin will have no mastery over you, because you are not under law but under grace.

Romans 7:17

7:17 But now it is no longer me doing it, but sin that lives in me.

[5:13]  ¹ tn Grk “for before the law.”

[5:13]  ² tn Or “sin is not reckoned.”

[7:8]  ³ tn Or “covetousness.”