Romans 5:13 — Greek Interlinear

Church Fathers on Romans 5:13

“For until the Law sin was in the world, but sin is not imputed where there is no law.” The phrase “till the Law” some think he used of the time before the giving of the Law — that of Abel, for instance, or of Noah, or of Abraham— till Moses was born. What was the sin in those days, at this rate? Some say he means that in Paradise. For hitherto it was not done away, (he would say,) but the fruit of it was yet in vigor. For it had borne that death whereof all partake, which…