It could not be! for, then, how shall God judge the world?

Do we, then, make void the law through faith? It could not be! Yea, we establish the law.

It could not be! How shall we, who died to sin, live any longer therein?

What, then? May we sin, because we are not under law, but under grace? It could not be!

What, then, shall we say? Is the law sin? It could not be! But I had not known sin, except through law; for I would not know even coveting, if the law did not say, "You shall not covet;"

Did, then, that which is good become death to me? It could not be! But sin, that it might be shown to be sin, by working death to me through that which is good; that sin, through the commandment, might become exceedingly sinful.

What, then, shall we say? Is there unrighteousness with God? It could not be!

I say, then, did God cast off His people? It could not be! For I also am an Israelite, of the seed of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin.

I Say, then, did they stumble, that they might fall? It could not be! But by their trespass salvation has come to the gentiles to provoke them to rivalry.