here when he says that the intention was for “transgression” to “increase”? Is he saying that the law makes known, defines, or causes sin? In this verse it is probably the latter; the incursion of the law increased the power of sin.2 The cognitive interpretation of this verse claims that sin is made known through the law. The law brings a greater subjective awareness of human unrighteousness, so that through the law sin is recognized as sin in human experience. The cognitive interpretation fails,