Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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

Bible References

Until

Genesis 4:7
If you do what is right, won’t you be accepted? But if you do not do what is right, sin is crouching at the door. Its desire is for you, but you must rule over it.”
Genesis 6:5
When the Lord saw that man’s wickedness was widespread on the earth and that every scheme his mind thought of was nothing but evil all the time,
Genesis 8:21
When the Lord smelled the pleasing aroma, He said to Himself, “I will never again curse the ground because of man, even though man’s inclination is evil from his youth. And I will never again strike down every living thing as I have done.
Genesis 13:13
Now the men of Sodom were evil, sinning greatly against the Lord.
Genesis 18:20
Then the Lord said, “The outcry against Sodom and Gomorrah is immense, and their sin is extremely serious.
Genesis 19:4
Before they went to bed, the men of the city of Sodom, both young and old, the whole population, surrounded the house.
Genesis 38:7
Now Er, Judah’s firstborn, was evil in the Lord’s sight, and the Lord put him to death.

But sin

Romans 4:15
For the law produces wrath. And where there is no law, there is no transgression.
1 Corinthians 15:56
Now the sting of death is sin,
and the power of sin is the law.
1 John 3:4
Everyone who commits sin also breaks the law; sin is the breaking of law.

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