passive-voice verbs they contain, however, Paul addresses the deeper question of how, in a world that God oversees, sin could get away with using the law this way. Paul answers this implied question with a principle he has already articulated in 3:20; 4:15; 5:13, and 5:20.37 Sin did not steal the law from God and use it contrary to God’s intentions. Instead, the close association between the law and sin fulfilled one of God’s purposes in giving the law. When the law came into contact with human