Rom 3:19-20, 4:15, 5:13, 20, 7:5-13, Gal 3:10-13 | ESV | STEP | Now we know that whatever the law says it speaks to those who are under the law , so that every mouth may be stopped , and the whole world may be held accountable to God .

Romans 3:19-20

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

Romans 4:15

15 For ^gthe law brings wrath, but ^hwhere there is no law ⁱthere is no transgression.

Romans 5:13

13 for sin indeed was in the world before the law was given, but ^jsin is not counted where there is no law.

Romans 5:20

20 Now ^kthe law came in to increase the trespass, but where sin increased, ^lgrace abounded all the more,

Romans 7:5-13

5 For while we were living in the flesh, our sinful passions, aroused by the law, were at work ^min our members ⁿto 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 ^onew way of ^pthe 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, ^rI would not have known sin. For I would not have known what it is to covet if ^sthe law had not said, “You shall not covet.” 8 But sin, ^tseizing an opportunity through the commandment, produced in me all kinds of covetousness. ^uFor 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 ^vthat promised life proved to be death to me. 11 For sin, ^wseizing an opportunity through the commandment, ^xdeceived me and through it killed me. 12 So ^ythe 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.

Galatians 3:10-13

The Righteous Shall Live by Faith

10 For all who rely on works of the law are ^zunder a curse; for it is written, ^aa“Cursed be everyone who does not ^ababide by all things written in the Book of the Law, and do them.” 11 Now it is evident that ^acno one is justified before God by the law, for ^ad“The righteous shall live by faith.” ^{▼▼Or The one who by faith is righteous will live} 12 But the law is not of faith, rather ^af“The one who does them shall live by them.” 13 Christ ^agredeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us—for it is written, ^ah“Cursed is everyone who is hanged ^aion a tree”—