Romans 5:13

For until the law sin was in the world, but sin is not charged to anyone's account when there is no law.

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

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12Therefore, just as sin came into the world through one man, and death came through sin, in this way death has come to all men, because all have sinned.

14Nevertheless, death reigned from Adam until Moses, even over those whose sins were not like the transgression of Adam, who was a type of the one 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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