Romans 5:13

(for all the time before the Law sin was in the world; but sin is not set to one's account when there is no law.

Noyes Bible

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

12So then as through one man sin entered into the world, and through sin death, and thus [[death]] came through unto all men, because all sinned—

14Yet death reigned from Adam to Moses, even over those who had not sinned in the manner in which Adam transgressed; who is a type of him who was to come.—

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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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