Romans 5:13 KJV
(For until the law sin was in the world: but sin is not imputed when there is no law.
Romans 5:13, King James Version
In context
12 Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned:
13 (For until the law sin was in the world: but sin is not imputed when there is no law.
14 Nevertheless death reigned from Adam to Moses, even over them that had not sinned after the similitude of Adam’s transgression, who is the figure of him that was to come.
Cross-references
- Romans 4:15 Because the law worketh wrath: for where no law is, there is no transgression.
- 1 Corinthians 15:56 The sting of death is sin; and the strength of sin is the law.