What shall we say then? Is the law sin? God forbid. Howbeit, I had not known sin, except through the law: for I had not known coveting, except the law had said, Thou shalt not covet:
What þerfor schulen we seie? Þe lawe is synne? God forbede. But Y knew not synne, but bi lawe; for Y wiste not þat coueitynge was synne, but for þe lawe seide, Þou schalt not coueyte.