Paul now advances the argument from the Law as a means of salvation to the Law as a means of sanctification. The Law cannot bring us to redemption ground; it cannot save us. The Law cannot bring us to resurrection ground; it cannot sanctify us. First, Paul states a principle: “For I through the law am dead to the law, that I might live unto God” (v. 19). The Law ministered death. The death penalty was attached to the breaking of every one of the Ten Commandments. The death penalty