Romans 5:13 - Revised Standard Version sin indeed was in the world before the law was given, but sin is not counted where there is no law. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 (for until the law sin was in the world: but sin is not imputed when there is no law. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition [To be sure] sin was in the world before ever the Law was given, but sin is not charged to men's account where there is no law [to transgress]. American Standard Version (1901) for until the law sin was in the world; but sin is not imputed when there is no law. Common English Bible Although sin was in the world, since there was no Law, it wasn’t taken into account until the Law came. Catholic Public Domain Version For even before the law, sin was in the world, but sin was not imputed while the law did not exist. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version For until the law sin was in the world; but sin was not imputed, when the law was not. |
Then the Lord said, “Because the outcry against Sodom and Gomorrah is great and their sin is very grave,
Come, let us make our father drink wine, and we will lie with him, that we may preserve offspring through our father.”
But before they lay down, the men of the city, the men of Sodom, both young and old, all the people to the last man, surrounded the house;
And what he did was displeasing in the sight of the Lord, and he slew him also.
But Er, Judah's first-born, was wicked in the sight of the Lord; and the Lord slew him.
Now the earth was corrupt in God's sight, and the earth was filled with violence.
And when the Lord smelled the pleasing odor, the Lord said in his heart, “I will never again curse the ground because of man, for the imagination of man's heart is evil from his youth; neither will I ever again destroy every living creature as I have done.
For no human being will be justified in his sight by works of the law, since through the law comes knowledge of sin.
For the law brings wrath, but where there is no law there is no transgression.
We know that we have passed out of death into life, because we love the brethren. He who does not love abides in death.
Every one who commits sin is guilty of lawlessness; sin is lawlessness.