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Paul is applying a maxim: where there is no law, there can be no violation of law, hence no penalty. Law is a standard. Law can't confer any blessing, there is no reward for merely keeping law, or doing one's duty. However, the law does impose wrath, through conviction--falling short of the standard, failing to measure up. Law reveals perfection or imperfection. Law can never solve the problem of lawbreaking. "That is why it depends on faith..." (v.16).
__________________ Rev. Bruce G. Buchanan
ChainOLakes Presbyterian Church, CentralLake, MI Made both Lord and Christ--Jesus, the Destroyer
Acts 2:36 - 1 Cor. 10:9-10 & 15:22-26 - Hebrews 2:9-15 - 1 John 3:8 - James 4:12
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