Romans 5:13

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¹³For until the law, sin was in the world, but sin is not charged to one’s account when there^* is no law.

*Here “when” is supplied as a component of the participle (“is”) which is understood as temporal

for sin indeed was in the world before the law was given, but sin is not counted where there is no law.

To be sure, sin was in the world before the law was given, but sin is not charged against anyone’s account where there is no law.

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.

Yes, people sinned even before the law was given. But it was not counted as sin because there was not yet any law to break.

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

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