¹³ for sin was indeed in the world before the law, but sin is not reckoned when there is no law.

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

¹⁵ For the law brings wrath, but where there is no law, neither is there transgression.^(A)

⁷ But Er, Judah’s firstborn, was wicked in the sight of the Lord, and the Lord put him to death.^(A)

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, so that we may preserve offspring through our father.”^(A)

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, “How great is the outcry against Sodom and Gomorrah and how very grave their sin!^(A)

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

²¹ And when the Lord smelled the pleasing odor, the Lord said in his heart, “I will never again curse the ground because of humans, for the inclination of the human heart is evil from youth; nor will I ever again destroy every living creature as I have done.^(A)