Verse 13

For sin was in the world before the law was given, but sin is not counted where there is no law.

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Referenced Verses

  • Rom 4:15 : 15 For the law brings wrath, and where there is no law, there is no 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 Everyone who commits sin also practices lawlessness, and sin is lawlessness.
  • 1 John 3:14 : 14 We know that we have passed from death to life because we love our brothers and sisters. The one who does not love remains in death.
  • Gen 4:7-9 : 7 'If you do what is right, will you not be accepted? But if you do not do what is right, sin is crouching at your door; it desires to have you, but you must rule over it.' 8 Cain said to his brother Abel, 'Let’s go out to the field.' While they were in the field, Cain attacked his brother Abel and killed him. 9 Then the LORD said to Cain, 'Where is your brother Abel?' He replied, 'I don’t know. Am I my brother’s keeper?' 10 The LORD said, 'What have you done? Listen! Your brother’s blood is crying out to me from the ground.' 11 'Now you are under a curse and driven from the ground, which opened its mouth to receive your brother’s blood from your hand.'
  • Gen 6:5-6 : 5 The Lord saw how great the wickedness of humanity had become on the earth, and that every intention of the thoughts of their heart was only evil continually. 6 The Lord regretted that He had made humanity on the earth, and it deeply grieved Him.
  • Gen 6:11 : 11 Now the earth was corrupt in the sight of God, and the earth was filled with violence.
  • Gen 8:21 : 21 The LORD smelled the pleasing aroma and said in His heart, "Never again will I curse the ground because of humans, even though every inclination of the human heart is evil from childhood. Nor will I ever again destroy all living creatures, as I have done.
  • Gen 13:13 : 13 Now the men of Sodom were wicked and great sinners against the LORD.
  • Gen 18:20 : 20 Then the LORD said, 'The outcry against Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and their sin is very grave.
  • Gen 19:4 : 4 Before they had gone to bed, all the men from every part of the city of Sodom—both young and old—surrounded the house.
  • Gen 19:32 : 32 "Come, let us get our father to drink wine and sleep with him so that we can preserve our family line through our father."
  • Gen 19:36 : 36 Thus both of Lot’s daughters became pregnant by their father.
  • Gen 38:7 : 7 But Er, Judah's firstborn, was wicked in the LORD’s sight, so the LORD put him to death.
  • Gen 38:10 : 10 What he did was wicked in the LORD's sight, so the LORD put him to death also.