Romans 5:13
Romans 5:12-14 The Message (MSG)
You know the story of how Adam landed us in the dilemma we’re in—first sin, then death, and no one exempt from either sin or death. That sin disturbed relations with God in everything and everyone, but the extent of the disturbance was not clear until God spelled it out in detail to Moses. So death, this huge abyss separating us from God, dominated the landscape from Adam to Moses. Even those who didn’t sin precisely as Adam did by disobeying a specific command of God still had to experience this termination of life, this separation from God. But Adam, who got us into this, also points ahead to the One who will get us out of it.
Romans 5:13 King James Version (KJV)
(for until the law sin was in the world: but sin is not imputed when there is no law.
Romans 5:13 New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)
for until the Law sin was in the world, but sin is not imputed when there is no law.
Romans 5:13 New Century Version (NCV)
Sin was in the world before the law of Moses, but sin is not counted against us as breaking a command when there is no law.
Romans 5:13 American Standard Version (ASV)
for until the law sin was in the world; but sin is not imputed when there is no law.
Romans 5:13 New International Version (NIV)
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.
Romans 5:13 New King James Version (NKJV)
(For until the law sin was in the world, but sin is not imputed when there is no law.
Romans 5:13 Amplified Bible (AMP)
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].
Romans 5:13 New Living Translation (NLT)
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.