“Because the law worketh wrath: for where no law is, there is no transgression.”
Because the law brings wrath. And where there is no law there is no transgression. The function of law: it produces wrath—God's judgment against violation. Transgression cannot occur without law; law defines what violates God's command. The law cannot produce the inheritance; it produces condemnation.
Church Fathers on Romans 4:15
“Because the Law works wrath: for where no Law is, there is no transgression.” Now if it works wrath, and renders them liable for transgression, it is plain that it makes them so to a curse also. But they that are liable under a curse, and punishments, and transgression, are not worthy of inheriting, but of being punished and rejected. What then happens? faith comes, drawing on it the grace, so that the promise comes into effect. For where grace is, there is a remitting, and…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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