Romans 5:13

For unto the law sin was in the world; but sin was not reckoned, when [the] law was not.

Wycliffe Modern Spelling

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 entered into this world, and by sin death, and so death passed forth into all men, in which man all men sinned.

14But death reigned from Adam unto Moses, also into them that sinned not in (the) likeness of the trespassing of Adam, the which is (the) likeness of Christ to coming, [or the which is (the) form, or (the) likeness, of (the) one to come], (or who was the likeness of the Messiah to come).

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Cross References

Genesis 4:7Whether not if thou shalt do well, thou shalt receive well; but if thou doest evil, thy sin shall be present anon in the gates? but the desire thereof, that is, of sin, shall be under thee, and thou shalt be lord thereof. (If thou shalt do well, then thou shalt be accepted; but if thou doest evil, then at once thy sin shall be present at the gates, and the desire of sin shall take thee under, and so thou must be lord of it, or rule over it.)

Genesis 6:11Forsooth the earth was corrupt before God, and was filled with wickedness. (And the earth was corrupt in the sight of God, and filled with wickedness.)

Genesis 13:13Forsooth (the) men of Sodom were full wicked, and sinners greatly before the Lord (or and greatly sinned against the Lord).

Genesis 19:4Forsooth before that they went to sleep, men of the city compassed his house, from a child till to an eld man (or from a youth unto an old man), all the people together;

Genesis 19:36Therefore the two daughters of Lot conceived of their father. (And so Lot’s two daughters conceived by their father.)

Genesis 38:10and therefore the Lord smote him (or and so the Lord struck him down), for he did (an) abominable thing.

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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