Joh 15:22, Rom 3:19-20, 4:15, 6:14, 7:5-13, 2Cor 3:7-9, Gal 3:19-25 | ESV | STEP | If I had not come and spoken to them , they would not have been guilty of sin , but now they have no excuse for their sin .

John 15:22

22 If I had not come and spoken to them, ^athey would not have been guilty of sin, ^{▼▼Greek they would not have sin; also verse 24} but now they have no excuse for their sin.

Romans 3:19-20

19 Now we know that whatever ^cthe law says it speaks to those who are under the law, ^dso that every mouth may be stopped, and ^ethe whole world may be held accountable to God. 20 For ^fby works of the law no human being ^{▼▼Greek flesh} will be justified in his sight, since ^hthrough the law comes knowledge of sin.

Romans 4:15

15 For ⁱthe law brings wrath, but ^jwhere there is no law ^kthere is no transgression.

Romans 6:14

14 For ^lsin ^mwill have no dominion over you, since you are not under law but under grace.

Romans 7:5-13

5 For while we were living in the flesh, our sinful passions, aroused by the law, were at work ⁿin our members ^oto bear fruit for death. 6 But now we are released from the law, having died to that which held us captive, so that we serve in the ^pnew way of ^qthe Spirit and not in the old way of the written code. ^{▼▼Greek of the letter}

The Law and Sin

7 What then shall we say? That the law is sin? By no means! Yet if it had not been for the law, ^sI would not have known sin. For I would not have known what it is to covet if ^tthe law had not said, “You shall not covet.” 8 But sin, ^useizing an opportunity through the commandment, produced in me all kinds of covetousness. ^vFor apart from the law, sin lies dead. 9 I was once alive apart from the law, but when the commandment came, sin came alive and I died. 10 The very commandment ^wthat promised life proved to be death to me. 11 For sin, ^xseizing an opportunity through the commandment, ^ydeceived me and through it killed me. 12 So ^zthe law is holy, and the commandment is holy and righteous and good.

13 Did that which is good, then, bring death to me? By no means! It was sin, producing death in me through what is good, in order that sin might be shown to be sin, and through the commandment might become sinful beyond measure.

2 Corinthians 3:7-9

7 Now if ^aathe ministry of death, carved in letters on stone, came with such glory ^abthat the Israelites could not gaze at Moses’ face because of its glory, which was being brought to an end, 8 will not the ministry of the Spirit have even more glory? 9 For if there was glory in ^acthe ministry of condemnation, ^adthe ministry of righteousness must far exceed it in glory.

Galatians 3:19-25

19 Why then the law? ^aeIt was added because of transgressions, ^afuntil the offspring should come to whom the promise had been made, and it was ^agput in place through angels ^ahby an intermediary. 20 Now ^aian intermediary implies more than one, but ^ajGod is one.

21 Is the law then contrary to the promises of God? Certainly not! For ^akif a law had been given that could give life, then righteousness would indeed be by the law. 22 But the Scripture ^alimprisoned everything under sin, so that ^amthe promise by faith in Jesus Christ might be given ^anto those who believe.

23 Now before faith came, we were held captive under the law, ^aoimprisoned until the coming faith would be revealed. 24 So then, ^apthe law was our ^aqguardian until Christ came, ^arin order that we might be justified by faith. 25 But now that faith has come, we are no longer under a guardian,