Everyone who sins breaks the law. In fact, breaking the law is sin.

凡犯罪的，就是违背律法；违背律法就是罪。

凡犯罪的，就是做违背律法的事；违背律法就是罪。

凡犯罪的，就是做违背律法的事；违背律法就是罪。

犯罪的人都违背上帝的律法，违背上帝的律法就是罪。

凡是犯罪的，就是作了不法的事；罪就是不法。

凡是犯罪的，也是行恶的；罪就是恶。

凡犯罪的，就是違背律法；違背律法就是罪。

凡犯罪的，就是做違背律法的事；違背律法就是罪。

凡犯罪的，就是做違背律法的事；違背律法就是罪。

犯罪的人都違背上帝的律法，違背上帝的律法就是罪。

凡是犯罪的，就是作了不法的事；罪就是不法。

凡犯罪的、就是行了不法之事；不法之事就是罪。

凡是犯罪的，也是行惡的；罪就是惡。

凡行罪者亦行不法、罪即不法也、

作惡則犯法、犯法即作惡、

凡作罪者即作非法之事、非法之事即罪也、

人而犯罪、便是不順恩命、一切罪惡、莫非悖逆也。

Everyone who sins breaks the law; in fact, sin is lawlessness.

Everyone who makes a practice of sinning also practices lawlessness; sin is lawlessness.

Everyone who sins is breaking God’s law, for all sin is contrary to the law of God.

Everyone who commits sin practices lawlessness; and sin is lawlessness.

Everyone who practices sin also practices lawlessness; and sin is lawlessness.

Whoever commits sin also commits lawlessness, and sin is lawlessness.

Every one that doeth sin doeth also lawlessness; and sin is lawlessness.

Everyone who commits sin also breaks the law; sin is the breaking of law.

Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also the law: for sin is the transgression of the law.

Everyone who practices sin also practices lawlessness; indeed, sin is lawlessness.

Everyone who sins also commits lawlessness. Sin is lawlessness.

So no one will be considered right with God by obeying the law. Instead, the law makes us more aware of our sin.

Every wrong thing we do is sin. But there are sins that do not lead to death.

They have not respected what the Lord has said. They have broken the Lord’ s commands. They must certainly be separated from the community. They are still guilty.’ ”

What should we say then? That the law is sinful? Not at all! Yet I wouldn’t have known what sin was unless the law had told me. The law says,“ Do not want what belongs to other people.”( Exodus 20:17; Deuteronomy 5:21) If the law hadn’t said that, I would not have known what it was like to want what belongs to others.But the commandment gave sin an opportunity. Sin caused me to want all kinds of things that belong to others. A person can’t sin by breaking a law if that law doesn’t exist.Before I knew about the law, I was alive. But then the commandment came. Sin came to life, and I died.I found that the commandment that was supposed to bring life actually brought death.When the commandment gave sin the opportunity, sin tricked me. It used the commandment to put me to death.So the law is holy. The commandment also is holy and right and good.Did what is good cause me to die? Not at all! Sin had to be recognized for what it really is. So it used what is good to bring about my death. Because of the commandment, sin became totally sinful.

But you sin if you don’t treat everyone the same. The law judges you because you have broken it.Suppose you keep the whole law but trip over just one part of it. Then you are guilty of breaking all of it.God said,“ Do not commit adultery.”( Exodus 20:14; Deuteronomy 5:18) He also said,“ Do not commit murder.”( Exodus 20:13; Deuteronomy 5:17) Suppose you don’t commit adultery but do commit murder. Then you have broken the law.

But suppose your people change their ways in the land where they are held as prisoners. They turn away from their sins. They beg you to help them in the land of those who won the battle over them. They say,‘ We have sinned. We’ve done what is wrong. We’ve done what is evil.’