Progressive Nature Of Sin

but each man is tempted, when he is drawn away by his own lust, and enticed. — read the full passage →

Jesus answered them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Every one that committeth sin is the bondservant of sin.

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

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

And be not fashioned according to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is the good and acceptable and perfect will of God.

let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts; and let him return unto Jehovah, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.

Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the wicked, Nor standeth in the way of sinners, Nor sitteth in the seat of scoffers: — read the full passage →

But he knoweth the way that I take; When he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold.

And he said, Who made thee a prince and a judge over us? thinkest thou to kill me, as thou killedst the Egyptian? And Moses feared, and said, Surely the thing is known.

For as many of you as were baptized into Christ did put on Christ.

Watch and pray, that ye enter not into temptation: the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.

saying, The scribes and the Pharisees sit on Moses’ seat:

But his delight is in the law of Jehovah; And on his law doth he meditate day and night.

Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the wicked, Nor standeth in the way of sinners, Nor sitteth in the seat of scoffers:

as newborn babes, long for the spiritual milk which is without guile, that ye may grow thereby unto salvation;

choosing rather to share ill treatment with the people of God, than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season;

Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these: fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness,

Who art thou that judgest the servant of another? to his own lord he standeth or falleth. Yea, he shall be made to stand; for the Lord hath power to make him stand.

And he said unto them, What things? And they said unto him, The things concerning Jesus the Nazarene, who was a prophet mighty in deed and word before God and all the people:

Bring forth therefore fruits worthy of repentance, and begin not to say within yourselves, We have Abraham to our father: for I say unto you, that God is able of these stones to raise up children unto Abraham.

Oh taste and see that Jehovah is good: Blessed is the man that taketh refuge in him. — read the full passage →

He that sitteth in the heavens will laugh: The Lord will have them in derision.

And he went up from thence unto Beth-el; and as he was going up by the way, there came forth young lads out of the city, and mocked him, and said unto him, Go up, thou baldhead; go up, thou baldhead.

And the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, Did I not tell thee that he would not prophesy good concerning me, but evil?

And in process of time it came to pass, that Cain brought of the fruit of the ground an offering unto Jehovah. — read the full passage →

For there are certain men crept in privily, even they who were of old written of beforehand unto this condemnation, ungodly men, turning the grace of our God into lasciviousness, and denying our only Master and Lord, Jesus Christ.

seeing that his divine power hath granted unto us all things that pertain unto life and godliness, through the knowledge of him that called us by his own glory and virtue;

For, He that would love life, And see good days, Let him refrain his tongue from evil, And his lips that they speak no guile: — read the full passage →

For if any one is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like unto a man beholding his natural face in a mirror: — read the full passage →

not by works done in righteousness, which we did ourselves, but according to his mercy he saved us, through the washing of regeneration and renewing of the Holy Spirit,

Give diligence to present thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, handling aright the word of truth.

Now unto the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only God, be honor and glory for ever and ever. Amen.

to the praise of the glory of his grace, which he freely bestowed on us in the Beloved:

rejoicing in hope; patient in tribulation; continuing stedfastly in prayer;

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

Know ye not, that to whom ye present yourselves as servants unto obedience, his servants ye are whom ye obey; whether of sin unto death, or of obedience unto righteousness?

For I am not ashamed of the gospel: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.

Repent therefore of this thy wickedness, and pray the Lord, if perhaps the thought of thy heart shall be forgiven thee.

Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, and the truth, and the life: no one cometh unto the Father, but by me.

And he called unto him the multitude with his disciples, and said unto them, If any man would come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.

But he answered and said, Every plant which my heavenly Father planted not, shall be rooted up.

For as he thinketh within himself, so is he: Eat and drink, saith he to thee; But his heart is not with thee.

and I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed: he shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.

For the grace of God hath appeared, bringing salvation to all men, — read the full passage →

Flee fornication. Every sin that a man doeth is without the body; but he that committeth fornication sinneth against his own body.

For the kingdom of God is not in word, but in power.

Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools,

The former treatise I made, O Theophilus, concerning all that Jesus began both to do and to teach,

Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he shall guide you into all the truth: for he shall not speak from himself; but what things soever he shall hear, these shall he speak: and he shall declare unto you the things that are to come.

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

Whosoever doth not bear his own cross, and come after me, cannot be my disciple. — read the full passage →

but I say unto you, that every one that looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart.

The wicked are not so, But are like the chaff which the wind driveth away. — read the full passage →

Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the wicked, Nor standeth in the way of sinners, Nor sitteth in the seat of scoffers: — read the full passage →

And the life of Sarah was a hundred and seven and twenty years: these were the years of the life of Sarah. — read the full passage →

And it came to pass, when men began to multiply on the face of the ground, and daughters were born unto them, — read the full passage →

And Cain said unto Jehovah, My punishment is greater than I can bear.

Be sober, be watchful: your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:

Confess therefore your sins one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The supplication of a righteous man availeth much in its working.

Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye doubleminded. — read the full passage →

Let marriage be had in honor among all, and let the bed be undefiled: for fornicators and adulterers God will judge.

and without faith it is impossible to be well-pleasing unto him; for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that seek after him.

For I will be merciful to their iniquities, And their sins will I remember no more.

And there is no creature that is not manifest in his sight: but all things are naked and laid open before the eyes of him with whom we have to do.

but refuse profane and old wives’ fables. And exercise thyself unto godliness:

abstain from every form of evil.

Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly; in all wisdom teaching and admonishing one another with psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts unto God.

Finally, be strong in the Lord, and in the strength of his might. — read the full passage →

Wherefore be ye not foolish, but understand what the will of the Lord is.

Brethren, even if a man be overtaken in any trespass, ye who are spiritual, restore such a one in a spirit of gentleness; looking to thyself, lest thou also be tempted.

meekness, self-control; against such there is no law.

I have been crucified with Christ; and it is no longer I that live, but Christ liveth in me: and that life which I now live in the flesh I live in faith, the faith which is in the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself up for me.

There hath no temptation taken you but such as man can bear: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation make also the way of escape, that ye may be able to endure it.

Wherefore let him that thinketh he standeth take heed lest he fall.

Know ye not that they that run in a race run all, but one receiveth the prize? Even so run; that ye may attain. — read the full passage →

And I, brethren, could not speak unto you as unto spiritual, but as unto carnal, as unto babes in Christ. — read the full passage →

What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin, that grace may abound? — read the full passage →

For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, and cometh not to the light, lest his works should be reproved. — read the full passage →

Watch therefore: for ye know not on what day your Lord cometh.

And I say unto you, Whosoever shall put away his wife, except for fornication, and shall marry another, committeth adultery: and he that marrieth her when she is put away committeth adultery.

But the unclean spirit, when he is gone out of the man, passeth through waterless places, seeking rest, and findeth it not. — read the full passage →

but I say unto you, that every one that looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart. — read the full passage →

Ye have heard that it was said, Thou shalt not commit adultery: — read the full passage →

Blessed are they that hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled.

But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.

And one hath committed abomination with his neighbor’s wife; and another hath lewdly defiled his daughter-in-law; and another in thee hath humbled his sister, his father’s daughter.

For God will bring every work into judgment, with every hidden thing, whether it be good, or whether it be evil.

Who hath woe? who hath sorrow? who hath contentions? Who hath complaining? who hath wounds without cause? Who hath redness of eyes? — read the full passage →

Can a man take fire in his bosom, And his clothes not be burned?

As the hart panteth after the water brooks, So panteth my soul after thee, O God. — read the full passage →

Then king Solomon sware by Jehovah, saying, God do so to me, and more also, if Adonijah hath not spoken this word against his own life.

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