1. Know ye not? Literally, “or are you ignorant?” (see on ch. 6:3). The “or” suggests an alternative. Paul says, in effect, “Either you admit the truth of my assertion that your death to sin [ch. 6:11] means that you are no longer under law [ch. 6:14], or else you must be ignorant of the nature of law, with which I had assumed you were well familiar.” He presents another illustration to show how the transition from law to grace is effected and what the results of this change should be. Chapter 7