**Is sin defined by the culture?**
The God inspired/breathed Bible says:\
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Now the serpent was more crafty than any other beast of the field that the Lord God had made. He said to the woman, "Did God actually say, 'You shall not eat of any tree in the garden'?" And the woman said to the serpent, "We may eat of the fruit of the trees in the garden, but God said, 'You shall not eat of the fruit of the tree that is in the midst of the garden, neither shall you touch it, lest you die.'" But the serpent said to the woman, "You will not surely die . . .Have you eaten of the tree of which I commanded you not to eat?\
\-[Genesis 3:1-22](https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?version=ESV&search=Genesis%203%3A1-22) [(Commentary)](https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?version=ESV&resource=reformation-study-bible&tab=study&search=Genesis%203%3A1-22)
For it is not the hearers of the law who are righteous before God, but the doers of the law who will be justified. For when Gentiles, who do not have the law, by nature do what the law requires, they are a law to themselves, even though they do not have the law. They show that the work of the law is written on their hearts, while their conscience also bears witness, and their conflicting thoughts accuse or even excuse them on that day when, according to my gospel, God judges the secrets of men by Christ Jesus. \
\-[Romans 2:13-16](https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?version=ESV&search=Romans%202%3A13-16) [(Commentary)](https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?version=ESV&resource=reformation-study-bible&tab=study&search=Romans%202%3A13-16)
Everyone who makes a practice of sinning also practices lawlessness; sin is lawlessness. \
\-[1 John 3:4](https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?version=ESV&search=1%20John%203%3A4) [(Commentary)](https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?version=ESV&resource=reformation-study-bible&tab=study&search=1%20John%203%3A4)\
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So whoever knows the right thing to do and fails to do it, for him it is sin. \
\-[James 4:17](https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?version=ESV&search=James%204%3A17) [(Commentary)](https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?version=ESV&resource=reformation-study-bible&tab=study&search=James%204%3A17)\
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But as for the cowardly, the faithless, the detestable, as for murderers, the sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars, their portion will be in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur, which is the second death. \
\-[Revelation 21:8](https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?version=ESV&search=Revelation%2021%3A8) [(Commentary)](https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?version=ESV&resource=reformation-study-bible&tab=study&search=Revelation%2021%3A8)
