Romans 5:13

—sin was in the world before the law, to be sure, but sin is not imputed when there is no law.

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In The King James Version

(For until the law sin was in the world: but sin is not imputed when there is no law.

In Context

12Now then, just as sin entered the world through one man, and death through sin, just so death spread to all men, because all sinned

14Nevertheless, death reigned from Adam to Moses, even over those who did not sin in the likeness of Adam's transgression (he is a type of the coming one).

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Matthew Henry on Romans 5:7-21

The First and the Second Adam; The Influence of Grace. ( a. d. 58.) 6 For when we were yet without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly. 7 For scarcely for a righteous man will one die: yet peradventure for a good man some would even dare to die. 8 But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. 9 Much more then, being now justified by his blood, we shall be saved from wrath through him. 10 For if, when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the… Read the whole commentary →

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