But sin, taking occasion by the commandment, worked in me all manner of covetousness. For without the law sin was dead.
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Severian of Gabala
AD 425
It is not reasonable to condemn completely someone who has sinned in ignorance. But when the law was given and revealed sin, it gave sin power. This was not a condemnation of the law but a punishment of the contempt shown by those who did not keep it. For if it is true that without the law sin lies dead, it is also true that sin is dead when the law is kept. .
