Parallel Verses

Bible in Basic English

Because, till the law came, sin was in existence, but sin is not put to the account of anyone when there is no law to be broken.

New American Standard Bible

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

King James Version

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

Holman Bible

In fact, sin was in the world before the law, but sin is not charged to a person’s account when there is no law.

International Standard Version

Certainly sin was in the world before the Law was given, but no record of sin is kept when there is no Law.

A Conservative Version

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

American Standard Version

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

Amplified

Sin was [committed] in the world before the Law [was given], but sin is not charged [against anyone] when there is no law [against it].

An Understandable Version

For even before the law of Moses, sin was [being committed] in the world. But man is not responsible for [his] sin when there is no law.

Anderson New Testament

for till the law, sin was in the world; but sin is not charged where there is no law.

Common New Testament

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

Daniel Mace New Testament

sin indeed was in the world all the time before the law: but then sin is not punished when there is no law.

Darby Translation

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

Godbey New Testament

(for until the law sin was in the world: but sin is not imputed, there being no law;

Goodspeed New Testament

It is true sin was in the world before the Law was given, and men are not charged with sin where there is no law.

John Wesley New Testament

For until the law, sin was in the world; but sin is not imputed, where there is no law.

Julia Smith Translation

(For until the law sin was in the world: and sin is not charged, being no law.

King James 2000

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

Lexham Expanded Bible

For until the law, sin was in the world, but sin is not charged to one's account [when there] is no law.

Modern King James verseion

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

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

For even unto the time of the law was sin in the world: but sin was not regarded, as long as there was no law:

Moffatt New Testament

Sin was indeed in the world before the Law, but sin is never counted in the absence of law.

Montgomery New Testament

For prior to the Law, sin actually existed in the world, but sin was not set down to man's account when there was no law.

NET Bible

for before the law was given, sin was in the world, but there is no accounting for sin when there is no law.

New Heart English Bible

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

Noyes New Testament

(for all the time before the Law sin was in the world; but sin is not set to ones account when there is no law.

The Emphasized Bible

For, until law, sin was in the world, although sin is not reckoned when there is no law, -

Thomas Haweis New Testament

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

Twentieth Century New Testament

Even before the time of the Law there was sin in the world; but sin cannot be charged against a man where no Law exists.

Webster

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

Weymouth New Testament

For prior to the Law sin was already in the world; only it is not entered in the account against us when no Law exists.

Williams New Testament

Certainly sin was in the world before the law was given, but it is not charged to men's account where there is no law.

World English Bible

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

Worrell New Testament

for until the law sin was in the world, but sin is not reckoned, when there is no law:

Worsley New Testament

for sin was in the world before the law. Now sin is not imputed where there is no law;

Youngs Literal Translation

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

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
For
γάρ 
Gar 
for, , not tr
Usage: 825

ἄχρι ἄχρις 
Achri 
until, unto, till, till 9 , until 9, while 9, even to,
Usage: 43

the law
νόμος 
Nomos 
law
Usage: 179

sin
ἁμαρτία 
Hamartia 
ἁμαρτία 
Hamartia 
Usage: 143
Usage: 143

was
ἦν 
En 
was, were, had been, had, taught , stood , , vr was
Usage: 410

in
ἐν 
En 
in, by, with, among, at, on, through,
Usage: 2128

the world
κόσμος 
Kosmos 
Usage: 109

but
δέ 
De 
but, and, now, then, also, yet, yea, so, moreover, nevertheless, for, even, , not tr
Usage: 2184

is
ἐλλογέω 
Ellogeo 
Usage: 2

not
οὐ 
Ou 
not, no, cannot ,
Usage: 1032

ἐλλογέω 
Ellogeo 
Usage: 2

when there is
ὤν οὖσα ὄν 
On 
being, when ... was, which is, that is, not tr,
Usage: 128

no
μή 
me 
not, no, that not, God forbid 9, lest, neither, no man , but, none, not translated,
Usage: 493

Devotionals

Devotionals containing Romans 5:13

Images Romans 5:13

Prayers for Romans 5:13

Context Readings

Death Came Through Adam But Life Comes Through Christ

12 For this reason, as through one man sin came into the world, and death because of sin, and so death came to all men, because all have done evil: 13 Because, till the law came, sin was in existence, but sin is not put to the account of anyone when there is no law to be broken. 14 But still death had power from Adam till Moses, even over those who had not done wrong like Adam, who is a picture of him who was to come.


Cross References

Romans 4:15

For the outcome of the law is wrath; but where there is no law it will not be broken.

1 Corinthians 15:56

The pain of death is sin; and the power of sin is the law:

Genesis 4:7-11

If you do well, will you not have honour? and if you do wrong, sin is waiting at the door, desiring to have you, but do not let it be your master.

Genesis 6:5-6

And the Lord saw that the sin of man was great on the earth, and that all the thoughts of his heart were evil.

Genesis 6:11

And the earth was evil in God's eyes and full of violent ways.

Genesis 8:21

And when the sweet smell came up to the Lord, he said in his heart, I will not again put a curse on the earth because of man, for the thoughts of man's heart are evil from his earliest days; never again will I send destruction on all living things as I have done.

Genesis 13:13

Now the men of Sodom were evil, and great sinners before the Lord.

Genesis 18:20

And the Lord said, Because the outcry against Sodom and Gomorrah is very great, and their sin is very evil,

Genesis 19:4

But before they had gone to bed, the men of the town, all the men of Sodom, came round the house, young and old, from every part of the town;

Genesis 19:32

Come, let us give our father much wine, and we will go into his bed, so that we may have offspring by our father,

Genesis 19:36

And so the two daughters of Lot were with child by their father.

Genesis 38:7

Now Er, Judah's first son, did evil in the eyes of the Lord, so that he put him to death.

Genesis 38:10

And what he did was evil in the eyes of the Lord, so that he put him to death, like his brother.

1 John 3:4

Everyone who is a sinner goes against the law, for sin is going against the law.

1 John 3:14

We are conscious that we have come out of death into life because of our love for the brothers. He who has no love is still in death.

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