'Except' in the Bible

What then shall we say? [Is] the law sin? May it never be! But I would not have known sin except through the law, for I would not have known covetousness if the law had not said, "Do not covet."

For if their rejection [means] the reconciliation of the world, what [will] their acceptance [mean] except life from the dead?

Let every person be subject to the governing authorities, for [there] is no authority except by God, and those that exist are put in place by God.

Owe nothing to anyone, except to love one another, for the one who loves someone else has fulfilled the law.

I know and am convinced in the Lord Jesus that nothing [is] unclean of itself, except to the one who considers something to be unclean; to that person [it is] unclean.

For I will not dare to speak about anything except [that] which Christ has accomplished through me, resulting in the obedience of the Gentiles by word and deed,