(Now the men of Sodom were evil, sinning immensely against the Lord.)
Romans 5:13 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised In fact, sin was in the world before the law, but sin is not charged to a person’s account when there is no law. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 (for until the law sin was in the world: but sin is not imputed when there is no law. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition [To be sure] sin was in the world before ever the Law was given, but sin is not charged to men's account where there is no law [to transgress]. American Standard Version (1901) for until the law sin was in the world; but sin is not imputed when there is no law. Common English Bible Although sin was in the world, since there was no Law, it wasn’t taken into account until the Law came. Catholic Public Domain Version For even before the law, sin was in the world, but sin was not imputed while the law did not exist. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version For until the law sin was in the world; but sin was not imputed, when the law was not. |
(Now the men of Sodom were evil, sinning immensely against the Lord.)
Then the Lord said, ‘The outcry against Sodom and Gomorrah is immense, and their sin is extremely serious.
Come, let’s get our father to drink wine so that we can sleep with him and preserve our father’s line.’
Before they went to bed, the men of the city of Sodom, both young and old, the whole population, surrounded the house.
What he did was evil in the Lord’s sight, so he put him to death also.
Now Er, Judah’s firstborn, was evil in the Lord’s sight, and the Lord put him to death.
Now the earth was corrupt in God’s sight, and the earth was filled with wickedness.
When the Lord smelled the pleasing aroma, he said to himself, ‘I will never again curse the ground because of human beings, even though the inclination of the human heart is evil from youth onward. And I will never again strike down every living thing as I have done.
For no one will be justified in his sight by the works of the law, because the knowledge of sin comes through the law.
because the law produces wrath. And where there is no law, there is no transgression.
We know that we have passed from death to life because we love our brothers and sisters. The one who does not love remains in death.
Everyone who commits sin practises lawlessness; and sin is lawlessness.