Romans 5:13
For sin was in the world before the law was given; but sin is not taken into account when there is no law.
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- Romans 4:15 because the law brings wrath. And where there is no law, there is no transgression.
- 1 Corinthians 15:56 The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law.
- 1 John 3:4 Everyone who practices sin practices lawlessness as well. Indeed, sin is lawlessness.