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ἀνομία anomia

“lawlessness” · 15 times in the New Testament

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  • “lawlessness” 7
  • “wickedness” 5
  • “lawless acts” 2
  • “escalating” 1
As a table, book by book
BookTimes
Matthew4
Romans3
2 Corinthians1
2 Thessalonians2
Titus1
Hebrews2
1 John2

How the BSB translates it

Each way the Berean Standard Bible puts it into English, and how often.

  1. lawlessness7
  2. wickedness5
  3. lawless acts2
  4. escalating1

Where it occurs

Grouped by how it’s translated, then by book. Each reference opens the verse.

“lawlessness” 7

  • Matthew 2

    • 7:23 …from Me you workers of lawlessness
    • 13:41 …and all who practice lawlessness

  • 2 Thessalonians 2

    • 2:3 …occurs and the man of lawlessness the son of destruction…
    • 2:7 …For the mystery of lawlessness is already at work…

  • Titus 1

    • 2:14 …redeem us from all lawlessness and to purify for…

  • 1 John 2

    • 3:4 …who practices sin practices lawlessness as well Indeed sin…
    • 3:4 …well Indeed sin is lawlessness
“wickedness” 5

  • Matthew 2

    • 23:28 …full of hypocrisy and wickedness
    • 24:12 …Because of the multiplication of wickedness the love of most…

  • Romans 1

    • 6:19 …impurity and to escalating wickedness so now offer them…

  • 2 Corinthians 1

    • 6:14 …can righteousness have with wickedness Or what fellowship does…

  • Hebrews 1

    • 1:9 …loved righteousness and hated wickedness therefore God Your God…
“lawless acts” 2

  • Romans 1

    • 4:7 …Blessed are they whose lawless acts are forgiven whose sins…

  • Hebrews 1

    • 10:17 …adds Their sins and lawless acts I will remember no…
“escalating” 1

  • Romans 1

    • 6:19 …to impurity and to escalating wickedness so now offer…

The Hebrew and Greek words, their glosses and grammar: STEP Bible (CC BY 4.0). The English: the Berean Standard Bible, which also gives which English words render which. Counts are ours.