2 Cor. 3:6 6 He has made us competent as ministers of a new covenant–not of the letter but of the Spirit; for the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life.

Romans 7:4-6 4 So, my brothers, you also died to the law through the body of Christ, that you might belong to another, to him who was raised from the dead, in order that we might bear fruit to God. 5 For when we were controlled by the sinful nature, the sinful passions aroused by the law were at

Romans 10:4 4 Christ is the end of the law so that there may be righteousness for everyone who believes.

1 Cor 15:56 (NIV) 56 The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law.