Original Sin

Yea, thou heardest not; yea, thou knewest not; yea, from that time that thine ear was not opened: for I knew that thou wouldest deal very treacherously, and wast called a transgressor from the womb.

Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned:

Behold, I was shapen in iniquity; and in sin did my mother conceive me.

The wicked are estranged from the womb: they go astray as soon as they be born, speaking lies.

Every one of them is gone back: they are altogether become filthy; there is none that doeth good, no, not one.

This is an evil among all things that are done under the sun, that there is one event unto all: yea, also the heart of the sons of men is full of evil, and madness is in their heart while they live, and after that they go to the dead.

And you hath he quickened, who were dead in trespasses and sins; — read the full passage →

If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. — read the full passage →

As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one: — read the full passage →

The soul that sinneth, it shall die. The son shall not bear the iniquity of the father, neither shall the father bear the iniquity of the son: the righteousness of the righteous shall be upon him, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon him.

For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;

The Lord looked down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there were any that did understand, and seek God. — read the full passage →

Behold, all souls are mine; as the soul of the father, so also the soul of the son is mine: the soul that sinneth, it shall die.

But your iniquities have separated between you and your God, and your sins have hid his face from you, that he will not hear.

Moreover your little ones, which ye said should be a prey, and your children, which in that day had no knowledge between good and evil, they shall go in thither, and unto them will I give it, and they shall possess it.

And the Lord God said, Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil: and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever:

Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the Lord God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden? — read the full passage →

The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?

For I was alive without the law once: but when the commandment came, sin revived, and I died. — read the full passage →

But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.

(For from my youth he was brought up with me, as with a father, and I have guided her from my mother’s womb;)

For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Among whom also we all had our conversation in times past in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind; and were by nature the children of wrath, even as others.

Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, that ye should obey it in the lusts thereof.

Lo, this only have I found, that God hath made man upright; but they have sought out many inventions.

Let no man say when he is tempted, I am tempted of God: for God cannot be tempted with evil, neither tempteth he any man:

For when the Gentiles, which have not the law, do by nature the things contained in the law, these, having not the law, are a law unto themselves: — read the full passage →

That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.

What is man, that he should be clean? and he which is born of a woman, that he should be righteous?

Therefore to him that knoweth to do good, and doeth it not, to him it is sin.

And the Lord smelled a sweet savour; and the Lord said in his heart, I will not again curse the ground any more for man’s sake; for the imagination of man’s heart is evil from his youth; neither will I again smite any more every thing living, as I have done.

If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive.

For as by one man’s disobedience many were made sinners, so by the obedience of one shall many be made righteous.

Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness, — read the full passage →

But Jesus said, Suffer little children, and forbid them not, to come unto me: for of such is the kingdom of heaven.

Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the Lord God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden? — read the full passage →

Because the carnal mind is enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be.

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

Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

Foolishness is bound in the heart of a child; but the rod of correction shall drive it far from him.

And God saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.

If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.

But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.

Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ: — read the full passage →

Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.

And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat.

But I see another law in my members, warring against the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity to the law of sin which is in my members.

Nevertheless death reigned from Adam to Moses, even over them that had not sinned after the similitude of Adam’s transgression, who is the figure of him that was to come.

Butter and honey shall he eat, that he may know to refuse the evil, and choose the good. — read the full passage →

Now therefore fear the Lord, and serve him in sincerity and in truth: and put away the gods which your fathers served on the other side of the flood, and in Egypt; and serve ye the Lord. — read the full passage →

If we say that we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us.

Having the understanding darkened, being alienated from the life of God through the ignorance that is in them, because of the blindness of their heart:

Jesus answered them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whosoever committeth sin is the servant of sin.

And he said, That which cometh out of the man, that defileth the man. — read the full passage →

But those things which proceed out of the mouth come forth from the heart; and they defile the man. — read the full passage →

So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.

Forasmuch as ye know that ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and gold, from your vain conversation received by tradition from your fathers; — read the full passage →

Then when lust hath conceived, it bringeth forth sin: and sin, when it is finished, bringeth forth death.

For ye were sometimes darkness, but now are ye light in the Lord: walk as children of light:

Wherein in time past ye walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience:

And you hath he quickened, who were dead in trespasses and sins;

Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned: — read the full passage →

As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one:

But we are all as an unclean thing, and all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags; and we all do fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away.

He that committeth sin is of the devil; for the devil sinneth from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil.

But every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own lust, and enticed. — read the full passage →

Therefore as by the offence of one judgment came upon all men to condemnation; even so by the righteousness of one the free gift came upon all men unto justification of life.

Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the Lord God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden?

He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love.

And he is the propitiation for our sins: and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world.

But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin. — read the full passage →

Which shew the work of the law written in their hearts, their conscience also bearing witness, and their thoughts the mean while accusing or else excusing one another;)

And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. And the evening and the morning were the sixth day.

Whosoever abideth in him sinneth not: whosoever sinneth hath not seen him, neither known him.

For if God spared not the angels that sinned, but cast them down to hell, and delivered them into chains of darkness, to be reserved unto judgment;

Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed.

For I know that in me (that is, in my flesh,) dwelleth no good thing: for to will is present with me; but how to perform that which is good I find not. — read the full passage →

Wherefore the law is holy, and the commandment holy, and just, and good. — read the full passage →

But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.

For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God; — read the full passage →

He that covereth his sins shall not prosper: but whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall have mercy.

For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him.

For the preaching of the cross is to them that perish foolishness; but unto us which are saved it is the power of God.

For we know that the law is spiritual: but I am carnal, sold under sin.

But of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die.

But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death.

And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death.

Blessed and holy is he that hath part in the first resurrection: on such the second death hath no power, but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with him a thousand years.

If we say that we have fellowship with him, and walk in darkness, we lie, and do not the truth:

That at that time ye were without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope, and without God in the world:

Wherein in time past ye walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience: — read the full passage →

And you hath he quickened, who were dead in trespasses and sins; — read the full passage →

I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.

Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind, — read the full passage →

Therefore as by the offence of one judgment came upon all men to condemnation; even so by the righteousness of one the free gift came upon all men unto justification of life. — read the full passage →

(For until the law sin was in the world: but sin is not imputed when there is no law.

For I was alive without the law once: but when the commandment came, sin revived, and I died.

For when the Gentiles, which have not the law, do by nature the things contained in the law, these, having not the law, are a law unto themselves: