Romans 5:13 ASV

The Pulpit Commentary - Romans 5:13-14

For until Law ( i.e. all through the time previous to the revelation of law) sin was in the world: but sin is not imputed when there is no law. Nevertheless death reigned from Adam to Moses, even over them that had not sinned after the similitude of Adam's transgression . Though νόμος , where it first occurs in Romans 5:13 , refers definitely, as appears from the context, to the Law of Moses, yet it is without the article, as denoting the principle of law, of which the Mosaic code... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Romans 5:12-21

Romans 5:12-21 has been usually regarded as the most difficult part of the New Testament. It is not the design of these notes to enter into a minute criticism of contested points like this. They who wish to see a full discussion of the passage, may find it in the professedly critical commentaries; and especially in the commentaries of Tholuck and of Professor Stuart on the Romans. The meaning of the passage in its general bearing is not difficult; and probably the whole passage would have been... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Romans 5:12-13

Romans 5:12-13. Wherefore This refers to all the preceding discourse, from which the apostle infers what follows: he does not therefore make a digression, but returns to speak again of sin and righteousness; as if he had said, “We may from these premises infer, that the benefit which we believers receive from Christ is equal to the detriment we derive from Adam; yea, is on the whole greater than that.” For, as by one man That is, Adam, the common father of the human species; (he is... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Romans 5:12-21

Adam and Christ (5:12-21)The Bible views the human race as existing originally in Adam. Therefore, when Adam sinned, humankind in general was involved in his sin. This doctrine is known as original sin; that is, humankind sinned originally in Adam (12).It is true that sin is disobedience to a law, whether that law is in the form of the commandment God gave to Adam or in the form of the law-code he gave to Moses. Yet sin is present even where there is no law. This is clearly seen in the biblical... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Romans 5:13

imputed . Not the same word as in Romans 4:6 , &c. Greek. ellogeo. Only here and Philemon 1:18 . when, &c . = there not (Greek. me) being law. read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Romans 5:13

For until the law sin was in the world; but sin is not imputed when there is no law.The subject Paul introduced in Romans 5:12 is left hanging until Romans 5:18; and the ensuing verses (Romans 5:13-17) are parenthetical. At first glance, this verse appears to be stating a paradox. In the pre-Mosaic period, sin was not imputed; how then can it be said that "sin was in the world"? Godet explained it thus:Even during the time that elapsed down to the giving of the law sin was in the world (as... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Romans 5:13

Romans 5:13. For until the law, sin was [counted] in the world] The Apostle's doctrine, that all have received the reconciliation through Christ, being founded on the fact, that all have been subjected to sin and death through Adam, he immediately enters on the proof of that fact, by appealing to the death of infants and others, who, not being capable of actual sin, cannot be thought to die for their own transgression. But to see the argument in its full force we must supply the word counted or... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Romans 5:13

13, 14. For until the law sin was in the world—that is during all the period from Adam "until the law" of Moses was given, God continued to treat men as sinners. but sin is not imputed where there is no law—"There must therefore have been a law during that period, because sin was then imputed"; as is now to be shown. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Romans 5:12-21

E. The restorative effects of justification 5:12-21Justification by faith not only carries with it many benefits (Romans 5:1-11), but it also overcomes the effects of the Fall. Paul’s final argument in support of justification by faith involves a development of his previous emphasis on the solidarity that the saved experience with their Savior (Romans 5:1-2; Romans 5:9-10). In this section (Romans 5:12-21) he expanded that idea by showing that just as Adam’s sin has affected all people, so... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Romans 5:13-14

Paul did not carry through the comparison begun in Romans 5:12 here. If he had it would have been "so righteousness entered the world by one man and life through righteousness." Evidently Paul broke off his statement because he wanted to explain the relationship between sin and the Law, specifically, why there was death before the Law. Romans 5:13-14 explain Romans 5:12. He returned to the thought begun in Romans 5:12 in Romans 5:18.People died before God gave the Mosaic Law. If there is no... read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Romans 5:13-14

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Romans 5:12-21

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Romans 5:12-13

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Romans 5:12-21

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Romans 5:13

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Romans 5:13

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Romans 5:13

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Romans 5:13

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Romans 5:12-21

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Romans 5:13-14

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