The Law of God in the Patriarchal Age

Sin and the Law

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