Romans 5:13

God's Word

Sin was in the world before there were any laws. But no record of sin can be kept when there are no laws.

Cross References

Genesis 13:13

(The people who lived in Sodom were very wicked. They committed terrible sins against the Lord.)

Genesis 18:20

The Lord also said, “Sodom and Gomorrah have many complaints against them, and their sin is very serious.

Genesis 19:32

Let’s give our father wine to drink. Then we’ll go to bed with him so that we’ll be able to preserve our family line through our father.”

Genesis 19:36

So Lot’s two daughters became pregnant by their father.

Genesis 19:4

Before they had gone to bed, all the young and old male citizens of Sodom surrounded the house.

Genesis 38:10

What Onan did angered the Lord so much that the Lord took away Onan’s life too.

Genesis 38:7

Er angered the Lord. So the Lord took away his life.

Genesis 6:11

The world was corrupt in God’s sight and full of violence.

Genesis 8:21

The Lord smelled the soothing aroma. He said to himself, “I will never again curse the ground because of humans, even though from birth their hearts are set on nothing but evil. I will never again kill every living creature as I have just done.

Romans 3:20

Not one person can have God’s approval by any effort to follow the laws in the Scriptures. These laws show what sin is.

Romans 4:15

The laws in Moses’ Teachings bring about anger. But where those laws don’t exist, they can’t be broken.

1 Corinthians 15:56

Sin gives death its sting, and God’s standards give sin its power.

1 John 3:14

We know that we have passed from death to life, because we love other believers. The person who doesn’t grow in love remains in death.

1 John 3:4

Those who live sinful lives are disobeying God. Sin is disobedience.