Romans 5:13

James Moffatt - New Testament

Sin was indeed in the world before the Law, but sin is never counted in the absence of law.

Cross References

Romans 4:15

(What the Law produces is the Wrath, not the promise of God; where there is no law, there is no transgression either.)

1 Corinthians 15:56

--

1 John 3:4

Everyone who commits sin commits lawlessness: sin is lawlessness,

1 John 3:14

We know we have crossed from death to life, because we love the brotherhood; he who has no love [for his brother] remains in death.

Romans 3:20

for no person will be acquitted in his sight on the score of obedience to law. What the Law imparts is the consciousness of sin.