Romans 5:13

(for until the law sin was in the world: but sin is not imputed, there being no law;

1902 William Baxter Godbey NT

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

12Therefore, as by one man sin came into the world, and death by sin; and thus death came upon all men, in that all sinned;

14but death reigned from Adam unto Moses, even on those who did not sin after the similitude of Adam's transgression, who is the type of him who is 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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