¹³ for sin indeed was in the world before the law was given, but ^(A)sin is not counted where there is no law.

⁵⁶ The sting of death is sin, and ^(A)the power of sin is the law.

¹⁵ For ^(A)the law brings wrath, but ^(B)where there is no law ^(C)there is no transgression.

³⁶ Thus both the daughters of Lot became pregnant by their father.

³² Come, let us make our father drink wine, and we will lie with him, that we may preserve offspring from our father.”

⁴ But before they lay down, the men of the city, the men of Sodom, both young and old, all the people to the last man, surrounded the house.

²⁰ Then the Lord said, “Because ^(A)the outcry against Sodom and Gomorrah is great and their sin is very grave,

¹³ Now the men of Sodom ^(A)were wicked, great sinners against the Lord.

²¹ And when the Lord smelled ^(A)the pleasing aroma, the Lord said in his heart, “I will never again ^(B)curse^[a] the ground because of man, for ^(C)the intention of man's heart is evil from his youth. ^(D)Neither will I ever again strike down every living creature as I have done.

¹¹ Now the earth was corrupt in God's sight, and the earth was filled with violence.