Cross references

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.

Romans 5:13 BSB

Romans 5:13 has 15 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 4 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Romans 4:15 (19 votes) and 1 Corinthians 15:56 (15 votes). 20 other verses point back to it. It links with 9 other books, from Genesis 2 to 1 John 3.

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Which verses does Romans 5:13 point to?

Ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.

  1. Romans 4:1519 votes

    because the law brings wrath. And where there is no law, there is no transgression.

  2. The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law.

  3. 1 John 3:47 votes

    Everyone who practices sin practices lawlessness as well. Indeed, sin is lawlessness.

  4. If you do what is right, will you not be accepted? But if you refuse to do what is right, sin is crouching at your door; it desires you, but you must master it.” Then Cain said to his brother Abel, “Let us go out to the field.” And while they were in the field, Cain rose up against his brother Abel and killed him. …

  5. But Er, Judah’s firstborn, was wicked in the sight of the LORD; so the LORD put him to death.

  6. What he did was wicked in the sight of the LORD, so He put Onan to death as well.

  7. Then the LORD saw that the wickedness of man was great upon the earth, and that every inclination of the thoughts of his heart was altogether evil all the time. And the LORD regretted that He had made man on the earth, and He was grieved in His heart.

  8. Now the earth was corrupt in the sight of God, and full of violence.

  9. When the LORD smelled the pleasing aroma, He said in His heart, “Never again will I curse the ground because of man, even though every inclination of his heart is evil from his youth. And never again will I destroy all living creatures as I have done.

  10. But the men of Sodom were wicked, sinning greatly against the LORD.

Which verses point to Romans 5:13?

The 10 strongest of 20.