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Forγὰρuntilἄχριthe lawνόμουsinἁμαρτίαwasἦνinἐνthe world,κόσμῳbutδὲsinἁμαρτίαis notοὐκchargedἐλλογεῖταιwhen there isὄντοςnoμὴlaw.νόμου
Romans 5:13
Study it in the app“For until the law sin was in the world, but sin is not charged when there is no law.”
With the Greek beneath
Romans 5:13, word by word
- untilἄχριachri
until
Until; as far as.
Where else “achri” appears- the lawνόμουnomou
law
The instructions God gave Israel through Moses; also, the whole of Scripture.
Where else “nomou” appears- sinἁμαρτίαhamartia
sin
Doing what God does not want, and the guilt it leaves.
Where else “hamartia” appears- wasἦνēn
be present
To be in a place or with someone.
Where else “ēn” appears- the worldκόσμῳkosmōi
world of people
People everywhere, whom God loves.
Where else “kosmōi” appears- chargedἐλλογεῖταιellogeitai
charge to account
Charge to someone's account, count against.
Where else “ellogeitai” appears
The context
12Therefore, just as through one man sin entered into the world, and through sin death, and so death spread to all people, because all sinned—
13 · This verse (above)
14Yet death reigned from Adam until Moses, even over those who had not sinned in the likeness of the transgression of Adam, who is a figure of the one who was to come.
To study Romans 5 in a group
1. What it says
What does Paul say God showed while we were still sinners? (v. 8)
2. What it means
Paul says affliction produces perseverance, then proven character, then hope (vv. 3-4). How do you understand that chain?
3. How I live it
Paul speaks of peace with God and of hope (vv. 1-2). What can you do today to live with more peace and hope?