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For while we were ^(f)in the flesh, the sinful passions, which were ^(g)aroused by the Law, were at work ^(h)in ^[c]the members of our body to bear fruit for death.

But now we have been ⁽ⁱ⁾released from the Law, having ^(j)died to that by which we were bound, so that we serve in ^(k)newness of ^(l)the ^[d]Spirit and not in oldness of the letter.

^(m)What shall we say then? Is the Law sin? ⁽ⁿ⁾May it never be! On the contrary, ^(o)I would not have come to know sin except ^[e]through the Law; for I would not have known about ^[f]coveting if the Law had not said, "^(p) You shall not ^[g] covet ."