^{6 Ref} But now we have been discharged from the law, having died to that wherein we were held; so that we serve in newness of the spirit, and not in oldness of the letter.

^{7 Ref} What shall we say then? Is the law sin? God forbid. Howbeit, I had not known sin, except through the law: for I had not known coveting, except the law had said, Thou shalt not covet:

^{8 Ref} but sin, finding occasion, wrought in me through the commandment all manner of coveting: for apart from the law sin `is' dead.