Verse 13

for until the law sin was in the world; but sin is not imputed when there is no law.

Referenced Verses

  • Rom 4:15 : 15 for the law worketh wrath; but where there is no law, neither is there transgression.
  • 1 Cor 15:56 : 56 The sting of death is sin; and the power of sin is the law:
  • 1 John 3:4 : 4 Every one that doeth sin doeth also lawlessness; and sin is lawlessness.
  • 1 John 3:14 : 14 We know that we have passed out of death into life, because we love the brethren. He that loveth not abideth in death.
  • Gen 4:7-9 : 7 If thou doest well, shall it not be lifted up? and if thou doest not well, sin coucheth at the door; and unto thee shall be its desire; but do thou rule over it. 8 And Cain told Abel his brother. And it came to pass, when they were in the field, that Cain rose up against Abel his brother, and slew him. 9 And Jehovah said unto Cain, Where is Abel thy brother? And he said, I know not: am I my brother's keeper? 10 And he said, What hast thou done? the voice of thy brother's blood crieth unto me from the ground. 11 And now cursed art thou from the ground, which hath opened its mouth to receive thy brother's blood from thy hand;
  • Gen 6:5-6 : 5 And Jehovah saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually. 6 And it repented Jehovah that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart.
  • Gen 6:11 : 11 And the earth was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence.
  • Gen 8:21 : 21 And Jehovah smelled the sweet savor; and Jehovah said in his heart, I will not again curse the ground any more for man's sake, for that the imagination of man's heart is evil from his youth; neither will I again smite any more everything living, as I have done.
  • Gen 13:13 : 13 Now the men of Sodom were wicked and sinners against Jehovah exceedingly.
  • Gen 18:20 : 20 And Jehovah said, Because the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and because their sin is very grievous;
  • Gen 19:4 : 4 But before they lay down, the men of the city, [even] the men of Sodom, compassed the house round, both young and old, all the people from every quarter;
  • Gen 19:32 : 32 come, let us make our father drink wine, and we will lie with him, that we may preserve seed of our father.
  • Gen 19:36 : 36 Thus were both the daughters of Lot with child by their father.
  • Gen 38:7 : 7 And Er, Judah's first-born, was wicked in the sight of Jehovah; and Jehovah slew him.
  • Gen 38:10 : 10 And the thing which he did was evil in the sight of Jehovah: and he slew him also.