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What Is Sin

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1 John 3:4

Everyone who sins also commits lawlessness. Sin is lawlessness.

Romans 6:23

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

Romans 3:23

for all have sinned, and fall short of the glory of God;

James 4:17

To him therefore who knows to do good, and doesn’t do it, to him it is sin.

1 John 5:17

All unrighteousness is sin, and there is a sin not leading to death.

1 John 1:9

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

Galatians 5:19–21

Now the works of the flesh are obvious, which are: adultery, sexual immorality, uncleanness, lustfulness, — read the full passage →

Romans 14:23

But he who doubts is condemned if he eats, because it isn’t of faith; and whatever is not of faith is sin. Now to him who is able to establish you according to my Good News and the preaching of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery which has been kept secret through long ages, but now is revealed, and by the Scriptures of the prophets, according to the commandment of the eternal God, is made known for obedience of faith to all the nations; to the only wise God, through Jesus Christ, to whom be the glory forever! Amen.

Romans 5:12

Therefore as sin entered into the world through one man, and death through sin; and so death passed to all men, because all sinned.

1 Corinthians 6:9–10

Or don’t you know that the unrighteous will not inherit the Kingdom of God? Don’t be deceived. Neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor male prostitutes, nor homosexuals, — read the full passage →

John 3:16

For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life.

Isaiah 64:6

For we have all become as one who is unclean, and all our righteousness is as a polluted garment: and we all fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, take us away.

Psalms 51:5

Behold, I was born in iniquity. In sin my mother conceived me.

James 1:14–15

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

2 Corinthians 5:21

For him who knew no sin he made to be sin on our behalf; so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.

Proverbs 28:13

He who conceals his sins doesn’t prosper, but whoever confesses and renounces them finds mercy.

Matthew 12:31–32

Therefore I tell you, every sin and blasphemy will be forgiven men, but the blasphemy against the Spirit will not be forgiven men. — read the full passage →

Isaiah 59:2

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

John 3:16–17

For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life. — read the full passage →

Matthew 5:48

Therefore you shall be perfect, just as your Father in heaven is perfect.

1 Peter 2:24

who his own self bore our sins in his body on the tree, that we, having died to sins, might live to righteousness; by whose stripes you were healed.

James 1:15

Then the lust, when it has conceived, bears sin; and the sin, when it is full grown, produces death.

1 John 2:2

And he is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not for ours only, but also for the whole world.

Hebrews 10:26

For if we sin willfully after we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remains no more a sacrifice for sins,

Galatians 6:1

Brothers, even if a man is caught in some fault, you who are spiritual must restore such a one in a spirit of gentleness; looking to yourself so that you also aren’t tempted.

Genesis 3:1–24

Now the serpent was more subtle than any animal of the field which Yahweh God had made. He said to the woman, “Has God really said, ‘You shall not eat of any tree of the garden?’” — read the full passage →

1 John 1:6

If we say that we have fellowship with him and walk in the darkness, we lie, and don’t tell the truth.

Colossians 3:5–6

Put to death therefore your members which are on the earth: sexual immorality, uncleanness, depraved passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry; — read the full passage →

Romans 14:1–23

Now accept one who is weak in faith, but not for disputes over opinions. — read the full passage →

1 John 1:7–9

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

Galatians 5:16

But I say, walk by the Spirit, and you won’t fulfill the lust of the flesh.

1 John 1:8–10

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

1 John 1:8

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

Romans 3:20

Because by the works of the law, no flesh will be justified in his sight. For through the law comes the knowledge of sin.

1 John 1:7

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

Revelation 1:1

This is the Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things which must happen soon, which he sent and made known by his angel to his servant, John,

Proverbs 6:16–19

There are six things which Yahweh hates; yes, seven which are an abomination to him: — read the full passage →

Hebrews 9:28

so Christ also, having been offered once to bear the sins of many, will appear a second time, without sin, to those who are eagerly waiting for him for salvation.

Colossians 3:5

Put to death therefore your members which are on the earth: sexual immorality, uncleanness, depraved passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry;

Romans 7:1–25

Or don’t you know, brothers (for I speak to men who know the law), that the law has dominion over a man for as long as he lives? — read the full passage →

Romans 5:8

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

Genesis 4:7

If you do well, won’t it be lifted up? If you don’t do well, sin crouches at the door. Its desire is for you, but you are to rule over it.”

John 8:34

Jesus answered them, “Most certainly I tell you, everyone who commits sin is the bondservant of sin.

John 3:3

Jesus answered him, “Most certainly, I tell you, unless one is born anew, he can’t see the Kingdom of God.”

Luke 17:3–4

Be careful. If your brother sins against you, rebuke him. If he repents, forgive him. — read the full passage →

Mark 7:20–23

He said, “That which proceeds out of the man, that defiles the man. — read the full passage →

Matthew 12:31

Therefore I tell you, every sin and blasphemy will be forgiven men, but the blasphemy against the Spirit will not be forgiven men.

James 4:4

You adulterers and adulteresses, don’t you know that friendship with the world is hostility toward God? Whoever therefore wants to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God.

1 Corinthians 10:13

No temptation has taken you except what is common to man. God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted above what you are able, but will with the temptation also make the way of escape, that you may be able to endure it.

Romans 3:23–24

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

Acts 17:30

The times of ignorance therefore God overlooked. But now he commands that all people everywhere should repent,

Isaiah 1:18

“Come now, and let us reason together,” says Yahweh: “Though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow. Though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.

1 John 1:10

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

Romans 4:15

For the law works wrath, for where there is no law, neither is there disobedience.

James 5:19–20

Brothers, if any among you wanders from the truth and someone turns him back, — read the full passage →

Matthew 7:3

Why do you see the speck that is in your brother’s eye, but don’t consider the beam that is in your own eye?

Matthew 5:28

but I tell you that everyone who gazes at a woman to lust after her has committed adultery with her already in his heart.

James 4:7

Be subject therefore to God. But resist the devil, and he will flee from you.

2 Timothy 3:1–5

But know this, that in the last days, grievous times will come. — read the full passage →

2 Corinthians 5:17

Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old things have passed away. Behold, all things have become new.

Romans 1:1–32

Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle, set apart for the Good News of God, — read the full passage →

Romans 5:1–21

Being therefore justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ; — read the full passage →

Mark 3:29

but whoever may blaspheme against the Holy Spirit never has forgiveness, but is subject to eternal condemnation.”

Ephesians 2:8–9

for by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, — read the full passage →

Ephesians 1:7

in whom we have our redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of his grace,

Romans 5:12–21

Therefore as sin entered into the world through one man, and death through sin; and so death passed to all men, because all sinned. — read the full passage →

1 Corinthians 6:19–20

Or don’t you know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit which is in you, which you have from God? You are not your own, — read the full passage →

Romans 1:28–32

Even as they refused to have God in their knowledge, God gave them up to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not fitting; — read the full passage →

Luke 12:47–48

That servant, who knew his lord’s will, and didn’t prepare, nor do what he wanted, will be beaten with many stripes, — read the full passage →

Matthew 15:17–20

Don’t you understand that whatever goes into the mouth passes into the belly, and then out of the body? — read the full passage →

Psalms 69:5

God, you know my foolishness. My sins aren’t hidden from you.

1 Peter 4:8

And above all things be earnest in your love among yourselves, for love covers a multitude of sins.

Psalms 51:1–2

Have mercy on me, God, according to your loving kindness. According to the multitude of your tender mercies, blot out my transgressions. — read the full passage →

Deuteronomy 30:15–16

Behold, I have set before you this day life and prosperity, and death and evil. — read the full passage →

1 John 1:1–10

That which was from the beginning, that which we have heard, that which we have seen with our eyes, that which we saw, and our hands touched, concerning the Word of life — read the full passage →

2 Peter 2:20–21

For if, after they have escaped the defilement of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, they are again entangled in it and overcome, the last state has become worse for them than the first. — read the full passage →

Romans 1:26–27

For this reason, God gave them up to vile passions. For their women changed the natural function into that which is against nature. — read the full passage →

John 5:14

Afterward Jesus found him in the temple, and said to him, “Behold, you are made well. Sin no more, so that nothing worse happens to you.”

Luke 24:47

and that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in his name to all the nations, beginning at Jerusalem.

Mark 3:28–29

Most certainly I tell you, all sins of the descendants of man will be forgiven, including their blasphemies with which they may blaspheme; — read the full passage →

Psalms 58:3

The wicked go astray from the womb. They are wayward as soon as they are born, speaking lies.

Leviticus 20:13

“‘If a man lies with a male, as with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination: they shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them.

Leviticus 18:22

“‘You shall not lie with a man, as with a woman. That is detestable.

Revelation 21:8

But for the cowardly, unbelieving, sinners, abominable, murderers, sexually immoral, sorcerers,idolaters, and all liars, their part is in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur, which is the second death.”

1 John 3:8–10

He who sins is of the devil, for the devil has been sinning from the beginning. To this end the Son of God was revealed, that he might destroy the works of the devil. — read the full passage →

1 John 1:3

that which we have seen and heard we declare to you, that you also may have fellowship with us. Yes, and our fellowship is with the Father, and with his Son, Jesus Christ.

Ephesians 5:3

But sexual immorality, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not even be mentioned among you, as becomes saints;

Romans 6:15

What then? Shall we sin, because we are not under law, but under grace? May it never be!

Romans 3:10–12

As it is written, “There is no one righteous; no, not one. — read the full passage →

John 8:24

I said therefore to you that you will die in your sins; for unless you believe that I amhe, you will die in your sins.”

Matthew 23:23

“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you tithe mint, dill, and cumin, and have left undone the weightier matters of the law: justice, mercy, and faith. But you ought to have done these, and not to have left the other undone.

Matthew 6:14

“For if you forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you.

Psalms 119:133

Establish my footsteps in your word. Don’t let any iniquity have dominion over me.

1 Peter 3:8–12

Finally, be all like-minded, compassionate, loving as brothers, tender hearted, courteous, — read the full passage →

1 Corinthians 10:31

Whether therefore you eat, or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God.

Romans 5:1

Being therefore justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ;

1 Corinthians 6:11

Such were some of you, but you were washed. But you were sanctified. But you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, and in the Spirit of our God.

Romans 12:2

Don’t be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may prove what is the good, well-pleasing, and perfect will of God.

Romans 10:9–13

that if you will confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord, and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. — read the full passage →

Romans 3:19–20

Now we know that whatever things the law says, it speaks to those who are under the law, that every mouth may be closed, and all the world may be brought under the judgment of God. — read the full passage →

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