Romans 5:13

Greek	ἄχρι γὰρ νόμου ἁμαρτία ἦνplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigεἰμί greek εἰμί is the first person singular verb for “to be” (εἶναι [the infinitive form] = “to be”). It an irregular verb, and, like English, changes significantly between person and tense. For example εἰμί is the word for am and ἦν is the word for was, e.g. ἐνplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigἐν greek Preposition meaning “in”. κόσμῳ, ἁμαρτία δὲplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigδέ greek δέ is a conjunction that can mean “but” or “and” or “also” or “moreover”. It is a word that is used very frequently in the New Testament, and is often unexpressed and not translated in English. οὐκ ἐλλογεῖται μὴ ὄντοςplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigεἰμί greek εἰμί is the first person singular verb for “to be” (εἶναι [the infinitive form] = “to be”). It an irregular verb, and, like English, changes significantly between person and tense. For example εἰμί is the word for am and ἦν is the word for was, e.g. νόμου·
ESV	for sin indeed was in the world before the law was given, but sin is not counted where there is no law.
NIV	for before the law was given, sin was in the world. But sin is not taken into account when there is no law.
NLT	Yes, people sinned even before the law was given. But it was not counted as sin because there was not yet any law to break.
KJV	For until the law sin was in the world: but sin is not imputed when there is no law.

^{Romans 5:12 ← Romans 5:13 → Romans 5:14}

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