13 for before the law was given, sin was in the world, but there is no accounting for sin when there is no law.
13 (for until law sin was in [the] world; but sin is not put to accountD8032 when there is no law;
account - This is a different word from that translated 'reckoned' in ch. 4.22,23 (both 'imputed' in A.V.). There, a man is judicially estimated such or such. here, a particular fault is put to a person's account. The former is found in Gal. 3.6 and 2Cor. 5.19; this only in Philem. 18.
13 (For until the law sin was in the world: but sin is not imputed when there is no law.
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