{Become death unto me?} (emoi egeneto thanatos?). Ethical
dative emoi again. New turn to the problem. Admitting the
goodness of God's law, did it issue in death for me? Paul repels
(m(8820)genoito) this suggestion. It was sin that (But sin, alla
h(8820)hamartia) "became death for me." {That it might be shown}
(hina phan(8869)). Final clause, hina and second aorist passive
subjunctive of phain(935c), to show. The sinfulness of sin is
revealed in its violations of God's law. {By working death to me}
(moi katergazomen(8820)thanaton). Present middle participle, as an
incidental result. {Might become exceedingly sinful} (gen(8874)ai
kath' huperbol(886e) hamart(936c)os). Second aorist middle subjunctive
of ginomai with hina in final clause. On kath' huperbol(886e),
see on 氣Co 12:31|. Our _hyperbole_ is the Greek huperbol(885c). The
excesses of sin reveal its real nature. Only then do some people
get their eyes opened.