From Paul, a slave of Christ Jesus, called to be an apostle, set apart for the gospel of God.

For all who have sinned apart from the law will also perish apart from the law, and all who have sinned under the law will be judged by the law.

But now apart from the law the righteousness of God (which is attested by the law and the prophets) has been disclosed --

For we consider that a person is declared righteous by faith apart from the works of the law.

So even David himself speaks regarding the blessedness of the man to whom God credits righteousness apart from works:

But sin, seizing the opportunity through the commandment, produced in me all kinds of wrong desires. For apart from the law, sin is dead.

And I was once alive apart from the law, but with the coming of the commandment sin became alive