Romans 5:13

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

Sin was in the world before the Law came. But no record of sin was kept, because there was no Law.

Cross References

Genesis 13:13

where the people were evil and sinned terribly against the LORD.

Genesis 18:20

The LORD said, “Abraham, I have heard that the people of Sodom and Gomorrah are doing all kinds of evil things.

Genesis 19:32

Let's get our father drunk! Then we can sleep with him and have children.”

Genesis 19:36

That's how Lot's two daughters had their children.

Genesis 19:4

Before Lot and his guests could go to bed, every man in Sodom, young and old, came and stood outside his house

Genesis 38:10

The LORD wasn't pleased with Onan and took his life too.

Genesis 38:7

But Er was very evil, and the LORD took his life.

Genesis 6:11

God knew that everyone was terribly cruel and violent.

Genesis 8:21

The smell of the burning offering pleased God, and he said: Never again will I punish the earth for the sinful things its people do. All of them have evil thoughts from the time they are young, but I will never destroy everything that breathes, as I did this time.

Romans 3:20

God doesn't accept people simply because they obey the Law. No, indeed! All the Law does is to point out our sin.

Romans 4:15

God becomes angry when his Law is broken. But where there isn't a law, it cannot be broken.

1 Corinthians 15:56

Sin is what gives death its sting, and the Law is the power behind sin.

1 John 3:14

Our love for each other proves that we have gone from death to life. But if you don't love each other, you are still under the power of death.

1 John 3:4

Everyone who sins breaks God's law, because sin is the same as breaking God's law.