Romans 3:19-20
19Now 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. 20For 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 7:4-11
4Likewise, my brothers, gyou also have died hto the law ithrough the body of Christ, so that you may belong to another, to him who has been raised from the dead, jin order that we may bear fruit for God. 5For while we were living in the flesh, our sinful passions, aroused by the law, were at work kin our members lto bear fruit for death. 6But now we are released from the law, having died to that which held us captive, so that we serve in the mnew way of nthe Spirit and not in the old way of the written code. ▼▼Greek of the letter
The Law and Sin
7What then shall we say? That the law is sin? By no means! Yet if it had not been for the law, pI would not have known sin. For I would not have known what it is to covet if qthe law had not said, “You shall not covet.” 8But sin, rseizing an opportunity through the commandment, produced in me all kinds of covetousness. sFor apart from the law, sin lies dead. 9I was once alive apart from the law, but when the commandment came, sin came alive and I died. 10The very commandment tthat promised life proved to be death to me. 11For sin, useizing an opportunity through the commandment, vdeceived me and through it killed me.Galatians 3:23
23Now before faith came, we were held captive under the law, wimprisoned until the coming faith would be revealed.Galatians 4:4-5
4But xwhen the fullness of time had come, God sent forth his Son, yborn zof woman, born aaunder the law, 5 abto redeem those who were under the law, so that we might receive acadoption as sons.Galatians 4:21
Example of Hagar and Sarah
21Tell me, you who desire to be under the law, do you not listen to the law?Galatians 5:18
18But if you are adled by the Spirit, aeyou are not under the law.
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