The promise to Abraham and his descendants, that he would be heir of the world, was not through the law but through the righteousness of faith.

Not only so, but we also rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received our reconciliation.

Therefore, just as sin entered the world through one man, and death through sin, so death spread to all men, because all men sinned.

For if, by the one man's trespass, death reigned through that one man, much more will those who receive the abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness reign in life through the one man Jesus Christ.)

For just as through the disobedience of the one man the many were made sinners, so also through the obedience of the one man the many will be made righteous.

so that, as sin reigned in death, grace also might reign through righteousness to eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Did that which is good, then, become death to me? Certainly not! But it was sin, working death in me through what is good, in order that sin might be recognized as sin, so that through the commandment sin might become sinful beyond measure.