steven-nemes
Puritan Board Sophomore
12 Therefore, just as sin came into the world through one man, and death through sin, and so death spread to all men because all sinned—
13 for sin indeed was in the world before the law was given, but sin is not counted where there is no law.
14 Yet death reigned from Adam to Moses, even over those whose sinning was not like the transgression of Adam, who was a type of the one who was to come.
Now my main confusion is about the meaning of the word "counted" here. I have understood this passage as teaching the following:
1. Death comes into the world through sin
2. All men die because they all sin
3. Sin implies a law
5. Men died before the Law (of Moses) was given
6. (3) implies there was a law prior to the Law (I understand "counted" as meaning considered sin), namely the law written on their hearts
7. Their law that they sin against is the law in their hearts because it is "not like the transgression of Adam", meaning it was not a transgression against explicitly stated laws from the mouth of God (I take the conscience to not be explicit, though I could be wrong)
Am I wrong in my understanding here? What is a proper understanding of "counted" in this context? Keep in mind I only have the ESV to reference here.
13 for sin indeed was in the world before the law was given, but sin is not counted where there is no law.
14 Yet death reigned from Adam to Moses, even over those whose sinning was not like the transgression of Adam, who was a type of the one who was to come.
Now my main confusion is about the meaning of the word "counted" here. I have understood this passage as teaching the following:
1. Death comes into the world through sin
2. All men die because they all sin
3. Sin implies a law
5. Men died before the Law (of Moses) was given
6. (3) implies there was a law prior to the Law (I understand "counted" as meaning considered sin), namely the law written on their hearts
7. Their law that they sin against is the law in their hearts because it is "not like the transgression of Adam", meaning it was not a transgression against explicitly stated laws from the mouth of God (I take the conscience to not be explicit, though I could be wrong)
Am I wrong in my understanding here? What is a proper understanding of "counted" in this context? Keep in mind I only have the ESV to reference here.