Romans 7:12 : So that the law is holy, and the commandment holy, and righteous, and good. This is the conclusion to his answer to the question a Jew might ask: "If we had to be delivered from the law before we could be made free from sin, does that mean that the law is sin?" Sin and death had come through a failure to keep the law. But what is the difference between the law and the commandment? Law includes all the rules and regulations covering man's duties and obligations commandment is any specific requirement. The law was given to promote holiness, and so was any specific commandment. The commandment was also just in its demands, and good in its results. But this raises another question.