turn instead to a consideration of the function of the nomos. Paul asks: τί οὖν ὁ νόμος; Since in what follows he answers this primarily by referring to the function of the Law, let us translate: ‘What purpose then does the Law serve?’ In 3:19ff. Paul gives two answers to the question of the function of the nomos: (1) that the Law provokes transgressions, (2) that the Law enslaves. (1) τῶν παραβάσεων χάριν προσετέθη is to be translated as a final and not a causal clause: the Law is added