and the law was conscripted to serve that reign by increasing transgression. But we also heard good news that “grace [will] reign through righteousness to bring eternal life through Jesus Christ.” The same sharp contrast was played out in 7:5–6. In 7:5 we observed that for those in the flesh, their sinful passions aroused by the law lead to death, while in 7:6 dying to sin means release from the law and freedom to live in the Spirit. The central claim of 7:5 was about humanity in slavery to sin,