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I. WITHOUT THE LAW.

1. Alive.

2. But sin is dead.

II. UNDER THE LAW.

1. Dead.

2. But sin lives.

III. THE RATIONALE OF THE CHANGE.

1. A change not of moral condition but of moral consciousness.

2. Effected by the revelation of the law.

(J. Lyth, D. D.)

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KJV: What shall we say then? Is the law sin? God forbid. Nay, I had not known sin, but by the law: for I had not known lust, except the law had said, Thou shalt not covet.

WEB: What shall we say then? Is the law sin? May it never be! However, I wouldn't have known sin, except through the law. For I wouldn't have known coveting, unless the law had said, "You shall not covet."