Can there be sin where there is no law? BR-ASI9 258.4
“Where no law is, there is no transgression.” “Sin is not imputed when there is no law.” Romans 4:15; 5:13. BR-ASI9 258.5
Through what is the knowledge of sin obtained? BR-ASI9 258.6
“For by the law is the knowledge of sin.” “I had not known sin, but by the law.” Romans 3:20; 7:7. BR-ASI9 258.7
Was sin in the world before the law was given on Mount Sinai? BR-ASI9 258.8
“For until the law sin was in the world: but sin is not imputed when there is no law.” Romans 5:13. BR-ASI9 258.9
Note.—The fact that sin existed before the law was given at Sinai is conclusive proof that the law existed before that event. BR-ASI9 258.10