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Romans 5:13

SinThe law

11 Not only that, but we also rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received reconciliation.

12 Therefore, just as sin entered the world through one man, and death through sin, so also death was passed on to all men, because all sinned.

For sin was in the world before the law was given; but sin is not taken into account when there is no law.

14 Nevertheless, death reigned from Adam until Moses, even over those who did not sin in the way that Adam transgressed. He is a pattern of the One to come.

15 But the gift is not like the trespass. For if the many died by the trespass of the one man, how much more did God’s grace and the gift that came by the grace of the one man, Jesus Christ, abound to the many!

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BSB
For sin was in the world before the law was given; but sin is not taken into account when there is no law.
KJV
(For until the law sin was in the world: but sin is not imputed when there is no law.
WEB
For until the law, sin was in the world; but sin is not charged when there is no law.
ASV
for until the law sin was in the world; but sin is not imputed when there is no law.
DARBY
(for until law sin was in [the] world; but sin is not put to account when there is no law;
BLB
For until the law, sin was in the world; but sin is not imputed, there being no law.
ÅB
For selv om det fantes synd i verden før loven, så blir synden ikke tilregnet der det ikke er noen lov.
OTB
For før loven var synden i verden, men synden blir ikke regnet mot noen når det ikke er noen lov.
B1930
for vel var det synd i verden før loven, men synden tilregnes ikke hvor det ingen lov er;

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