¹³ (For until the law sin was in the world, but ^(A)sin is not imputed when there is no law.

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

¹⁵ because ^(A)the law brings about wrath; for where there is no law there is no transgression.

³⁶ Thus both the daughters of Lot were with child by their father.

¹⁰ And the thing which he did ^[a]displeased the Lord; therefore He killed ^(A)him also.

³² Come, let us make our father drink wine, and we will lie with him, that we ^(A)may preserve the ^[a]lineage of our father.”

⁴ Now before they lay down, the men of the city, the men of Sodom, both old and young, all the people from every quarter, surrounded the house.

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

¹³ But the men of Sodom ^(A)were exceedingly wicked and ^(B)sinful against the Lord.

²¹ And the Lord smelled ^(A)a soothing aroma. Then the Lord said in His heart, “I will never again ^(B)curse the ground for man’s sake, although the ^(C)imagination^[a] of man’s heart is evil from his youth; ^(D)nor will I again destroy every living thing as I have done.