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NASB | Romans 5:13 for until the Law sin was in the world, but sin is not imputed when there is no law. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Romans 5:13 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]. |
Bible Question:
Hi EdB, Thanks for your response. Romans 5:13.You are right in saying that "there is no explicit list of crimes under which to place his rebellion against God" Yes, since his rebellion against God cannot be listed as crime in the absence of law,no sin is imputed. CONCLUSION[at this point in time] Romans2:12.WITHOUT LAW:Anyone who has sinned will be punished. Romans5:13.WITHOUT LAW:Anyone whose act may be rebellious in the eyes of God but cannot be listed as crime will not be punished[sin not imputed] Is the contradiction still there? Your clarification please. With love in Christ FytRobert |
Bible Answer: Forgive me if I am out of line by answering, I am a new user. I have been studying Romans lately and am interested in this discussion. Another perspective… Romans 5:13 “for before the law was given, sin was in the world. But sin is not taken into account when there is no law” (NIV). I believe that he is speaking here that those who were in the world did not “take into account” or “impute” sin before there was law. I don’t believe he is speaking here of God not imputing sin. Perhaps that is why God sent us the law, because we did not take sin into account and believed that we could behave in any manner that we saw fit. But because of our sin nature, the "he condemned sin in sinful man, in order that the righteous requirements of the law might be fully met in us" (Romans 8:3c-4), because "what the law was powerless to do in that it was weakened by the sinful nature, God did by sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful man to be a sin offering" (Romans 8:3a). To me, a key about sin is that, "There will be trouble and distress for *every* human being who does evil" (Romans 2:9). The difference between those under the law and not under the law is, "All who sin apart from the law will also *perish* apart from the law, and all who sin under the law will be judged by the law" (Romans 2:12). A good example is the story of Cain and Abel. Cain killed Abel and was punished. This is before the law and before man imputed sin. Cain was still punished even though he did not know murder was sin. --sbh |