Lux Domini
Wherefore the law is holy, and the commandment holy, and just, and good.

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Interpretation

There is no way of coming to that knowledge of sin, which is necessary to repentance, and therefore to peace and pardon, but by trying our hearts and lives by the law. In his own case the apostle would not have known the sinfulness of his thoughts, motives, and actions, but by the law.

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This thought runs through Romans 7:12-15.