13for before the law was given, sin was in the world. But sin is not taken into account when there is no law.


In Context

10 For if, when we were God's enemies, we were reconciled to him through the death of his Son, how much more, having been reconciled, shall we be saved through his life!

11 Not only is this so, but we also rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received reconciliation.

12 Therefore, just as sin entered the world through one man, and death through sin, and in this way death came to all men, because all sinned--

13 for before the law was given, sin was in the world. But sin is not taken into account when there is no law.

14 Nevertheless, death reigned from the time of Adam to the time of Moses, even over those who did not sin by breaking a command, as did Adam, who was a pattern of the one to come.

15 But the gift is not like the trespass. For if the many died by the trespass of the one man, how much more did God's grace and the gift that came by the grace of the one man, Jesus Christ, overflow to the many!

Romans 5:13 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

5:13(For until the law sin was in the world: but sin is not imputed when there is no law.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

5:13For until the law sin was in the world; but sin was not imputed, when the law was not.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

5:13for until the law sin was in the world; but sin is not imputed when there is no law.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:13(for until law sin was in the world; but sin is not put to account when there is no law;

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

5:13for until the law sin was in the world: but sin is not imputed when there is no law.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:13For until the law, sin was in the world: but sin is not imputed when there is no law.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:13For until the law, sin was in the world; but sin is not charged when there is no law.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

5:13for till law sin was in the world: and sin is not reckoned when there is not law;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

5:13(For until the law sin was in the world: but sin is not imputed when there is no law.