Romans 5:13

The Passion Translation

Sin was in the world before Moses gave the written law, but it was not charged against them where no law existed.

Cross References

Genesis 13:13

Now, the people of Sodom were extremely wicked and rebelled against Yahweh.

Genesis 18:20

Yahweh explained to Abraham, “The outcry for justice against Sodom and Gomorrah is so great and their sin so blatant

Genesis 19:32

Come, let’s get our father drunk with wine and have sex with him. That way we can at least have children through our father.”

Genesis 19:36

As a result, both Lot’s daughters became pregnant by their father.

Genesis 19:4

But before they retired for the night, the men of the city, men young and old, from every part of the city of Sodom, to the last man, surrounded the house.

Genesis 38:10

But what he did was wicked in Yahweh’s sight, so he took Onan’s life also.

Genesis 38:7

But Er had become so wicked in the sight of Yahweh that Yahweh ended his life.

Genesis 6:11

Injustice and violence filled the world; the earth was ruined in the sight of God,

Genesis 8:21

And when Yahweh smelled the sweet fragrance of Noah’s offerings, his heart was stirred, and he said, “Never again will I curse the earth because of people, even though the imagination of their hearts are evil from their childhood; nor will I ever again destroy every living creature as I have done. I promise this:

Romans 3:20

For by the merit of observing the law no one earns the status of being declared righteous before God, for it is the law that fully exposes and unmasks the reality of sin.

Romans 4:15

For the law provokes punishment, and where no law exists there cannot be a violation of the law.

1 Corinthians 15:56

It is sin that gives death its sting and the law that gives sin its power.

1 John 3:14

Yet we can be assured that we have been translated from spiritual death into spiritual life because we love the family of believers. A loveless life remains spiritually dead.

1 John 3:4

Anyone who indulges in sin lives in moral anarchy, for the definition of sin is breaking God’s law.