Romans 5:13

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.

Romans 4:15

For the Law only brings down God's wrath; where there is no law, there is no violation of it.

1 John 3:4

Whoever commits sin disobeys law; sin is disobedience to law.

1 John 3:14

We know that we have passed out of death into life, because we love our brothers. Anyone who does not love is still in death.

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Summary

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

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But sin

Romans 4:15
For the Law only brings down God's wrath; where there is no law, there is no violation of it.
1 John 3:4
Whoever commits sin disobeys law; sin is disobedience to law.