Romans 5:13

New International Version

To be sure, sin was in the world before the law was given, but sin is not charged against anyone’s account where there is no law.

Cross References

Genesis 13:13

Now the people of Sodom were wicked and were sinning greatly against the Lord.

Genesis 18:20

Then the Lord said, “The outcry against Sodom and Gomorrah is so great and their sin so grievous

Genesis 19:32

Let’s get our father to drink wine and then sleep with him and preserve our family line through our father.”

Genesis 19:36

So both of Lot’s daughters became pregnant by their father.

Genesis 19:4

Before they had gone to bed, all the men from every part of the city of Sodom—both young and old—surrounded the house.

Genesis 38:10

What he did was wicked in the Lord’s sight; so the Lord put him to death also.

Genesis 38:7

But Er, Judah’s firstborn, was wicked in the Lord’s sight; so the Lord put him to death.

Genesis 6:11

Now the earth was corrupt in God’s sight and was full of violence.

Genesis 8:21

The Lord smelled the pleasing aroma and said in his heart: “Never again will I curse the ground because of humans, even though every inclination of the human heart is evil from childhood. And never again will I destroy all living creatures, as I have done.

Romans 3:20

Therefore no one will be declared righteous in God’s sight by the works of the law; rather, through the law we become conscious of our sin.

Romans 4:15

because the law brings wrath. And where there is no law there is no transgression.

1 Corinthians 15:56

The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law.

1 John 3:14

We know that we have passed from death to life, because we love each other. Anyone who does not love remains in death.

1 John 3:4

Everyone who sins breaks the law; in fact, sin is lawlessness.