Romans 8:22

8:22 For we know that the whole creation groans and suffers together until now.

Romans 5:13

5:13 for before the law was given, sin was in the world, but there is no accounting for sin when there is no law.

Romans 1:13

1:13 I do not want you to be unaware, brothers and sisters, that I often intended to come to you (and was prevented until now), so that I may have some fruit even among you, just as I already have among the rest of the Gentiles.