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:

Whatª shall we sayª° then?ª [Is] the¹ lawª sin?ª God forbid.ªª° Nay,ª I had²° notª knownª° sin,ª butª byª the law:ª forª² I had²°¹ notª knownª° lust,ª exceptª the¹ lawª had said,ª° Thou shalt²° notª covet.ª°

Whatª shall wee sayª° then?ª is the¹ lawª sinne?ª God forbid.ªª° Nay,ª I had²° notª knowenª° sinne,ª butª byª the lawe:ª forª² I had²°¹ notª knowenª° lust,ª exceptª the¹ Lawª had said,ª° Thou shalt²° notª couet.ª°

What then, say we the law is sin? Not so. But sin I had not learned (to know) but by the law: for I had not known concupiscence (to be sinful), but (by) the law, which hath said, Thou shalt not covet.

What shall we say then? Is the law sin?, Far be it. For I had not learned sin, except by means of the law: for I had not known concupiscence, had not the law said, Thou shalt not covet:

Τί οὖν ἐροῦμεν; ὁ νόμος ἁμαρτία; μὴ γένοιτο: ἀλλὰ τὴν ἁμαρτίαν οὐκ ἔγνων εἰ μὴ διὰ νόμου, τήν τε γὰρ ἐπιθυμίαν οὐκ ᾔδειν εἰ μὴ ὁ νόμος ἔλεγεν Οὐκ ἐπιθυμήσεις:

To-what-one accordingly we-shall-utter-unto? The-one a-parcelee an-un-adjusting-along-unto? Lest it-may-have-had-became; other to-the-one to-an-un-adjusting-along-unto not I-had-acquainted if lest through of-a-parcelee, to-the-one also therefore to-a-passioning-upon-unto not I-had-come-to-have-seen if lest the-one a-parcelee it-was-forthing, Not thou-shall-passion-upon-unto;