takes the occasion of the law to produce “covetousness” or “desire” in unredeemed humanity. For example, when the law says “You shall not covet” (7:7), sin asks “why not?” Making use of this insight, Paul describes the conflicted self of unredeemed humanity from the point of view of someone who has been redeemed (7:13–24).9 The unredeemed person under the law does not understand his own actions since he does not do the good he wants but the evil he hates (v. 15). Whenever he wants to do what is good