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Definition and Nature of Sin:
Sinning, in the biblical context, refers to the act of transgressing God's law and commandments. It is an offense against the holiness and righteousness of God, resulting in a separation between humanity and the Creator. The concept of sin is foundational to understanding the human condition and the need for redemption through Jesus Christ.

Biblical Origin of Sin:
The origin of sin is traced back to the disobedience of Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden. Genesis 3 recounts the temptation by the serpent and the subsequent fall of humanity: "When the woman saw that the tree was good for food and pleasing to the eyes, and that it was desirable for obtaining wisdom, she took the fruit and ate it. She also gave some to her husband, who was with her, and he ate it" (Genesis 3:6). This act of disobedience introduced sin into the world, bringing about spiritual death and the need for salvation.

Nature and Consequences of Sin:
Sin is described in the Bible as lawlessness (1 John 3:4) and rebellion against God. It affects every aspect of human life, leading to spiritual death, as stated in Romans 6:23: "For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord" . Sin not only separates individuals from God but also distorts relationships with others and creation.

Types of Sin:
The Bible categorizes sin in various ways, including sins of commission and omission. Sins of commission involve actively doing what is forbidden, while sins of omission involve failing to do what is commanded. James 4:17 states, "Therefore, whoever knows the right thing to do, yet fails to do it, is guilty of sin" .

The Universality of Sin:
Scripture affirms the universality of sin, asserting that all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God (Romans 3:23). This universal condition underscores the need for divine intervention and redemption through Jesus Christ.

The Role of the Law:
The law serves to reveal sin and its seriousness. Romans 7:7 explains, "What then shall we say? Is the law sinful? Certainly not! Indeed, I would not have been aware of sin if it had not been for the law. For I would not have known what coveting really was if the law had not said, 'You shall not covet'" . The law acts as a mirror, reflecting humanity's sinful nature and the need for a Savior.

Redemption from Sin:
The central message of the Gospel is that redemption from sin is available through Jesus Christ. John 3:16 declares, "For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that everyone who believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life" . Through His death and resurrection, Jesus provides atonement for sin, offering forgiveness and reconciliation with God.

The Christian's Struggle with Sin:
Even after conversion, Christians continue to struggle with sin. The Apostle Paul describes this internal conflict in Romans 7:19: "For I do not do the good I want to do. Instead, I keep on doing the evil I do not want to do" . Believers are called to live by the Spirit, putting to death the deeds of the flesh and pursuing holiness (Galatians 5:16-25).

Confession and Repentance:
Confession and repentance are essential responses to sin. 1 John 1:9 assures believers, "If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness" . Repentance involves a genuine turning away from sin and a commitment to follow Christ.

The Hope of Final Victory:
The Bible promises a future where sin will be eradicated. Revelation 21:4 offers hope: "He will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and there will be no more death or mourning or crying or pain, for the former things have passed away" . This ultimate victory over sin is part of the believer's eternal inheritance in Christ.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Sin.

Greek

268. hamartolos -- sinful
... sinful. Part of Speech: Adjective Transliteration: hamartolos Phonetic Spelling:
(ham-ar-to-los') Short Definition: sinning, sinful, a sinner Definition: sinning ...
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264. hamartano -- to miss the mark, do wrong, sin
... I sin Definition: originally: I miss the mark, hence (a) I make a mistake, (b) I
sin, commit a sin (against God); sometimes the idea of sinning against a fellow ...
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3892. paranomia -- lawbreaking
... justice. 3892 ("transgression") emphasizes the deliberate defiance with
sinning against the Lord (used only in 2 Pet 2:16). Word ...
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3473. morologia -- foolish talking
... grip) on reality. This is the "talk of fools, involving foolishness and sinning
together" (R. Trench, 121). See 3474 (). Word Origin ...
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3901. pararreo -- to flow by, hence slip away
... 3901 ("drift away from") only occurs in Heb 2:1 where it refers to going --
"sinning by slipping away" (from God's anchor). 3901 ...
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Strong's Hebrew

2398. chata -- to miss, go wrong, sin
... uncleanness (1), purify himself from uncleanness (2), reach (1), sin (55), sin have
i committed (1), sinful (1), sinned (87), sinner (7), sinning (4), sins (23 ...
/hebrew/2398.htm - 6k

Library

The Sinning Brother.
... Book XIII. 30. The Sinning Brother. "If thy brother sin against thee, go,
shew him his fault between thee and him alone. [6016] " He ...
/.../origen/origens commentary on the gospel of matthew/30 the sinning brother.htm

Compassion for the Sinning.
... PHILANTHROPIC SUBJECTS. 813. " Compassion for the Sinning. 813. 8s.7s. & 6s. M.
Miss Fletcher. Compassion for the Sinning. 1 Think gently of the erring! ...
/.../adams/hymns for christian devotion/813 compassion for the.htm

Punishment is Constituted for the Sinning Nature that it May be ...
... Concerning the Nature of Good, Against the Manich??ans. Chapter 9. "Punishment is
Constituted for the Sinning Nature that It May Be Rightly Ordered. ...
/.../chapter 9 name is constituted.htm

Whether the Excellence of the Person Sinning Aggravates the Sin?
... OF THE COMPARISON OF ONE SIN WITH ANOTHER (TEN ARTICLES) Whether the excellence
of the person sinning aggravates the sin? Objection ...
/.../aquinas/summa theologica/whether the excellence of the.htm

God's Love for a Sinning World
... I. GOD'S LOVE FOR A SINNING WORLD. ... The utmost dishonour is done to law by disowning,
disobeying, and despising it, All this, sinning man has done. ...
//christianbookshelf.org/finney/sermons on gospel themes/i gods love for a.htm

Peter Sinning and Repenting. Mt 26:73
... MATTHEW Hymn 91 Peter sinning and repenting. Mt 26:73. John Newton 8,6,8,6. Peter
sinning and repenting. Mt 26:73. When Peter boasted, soon he fell,. ...
//christianbookshelf.org/newton/olney hymns/hymn 91 peter sinning and.htm

A Certain Necessity of Sinning.
... A Treatise on nature and grace, against pelagius; Chapter 79 [LXVI.]"
A Certain Necessity of Sinning. But let us revert to the ...
/.../augustine/anti-pelagian writings/chapter 79 lxvi a certain necessity.htm

Whether the Sin of the Highest Angel was the Cause of the Others ...
... THE MALICE OF THE ANGELS WITH REGARD TO SIN (NINE ARTICLES) Whether the sin
of the highest angel was the cause of the others sinning? ...
//christianbookshelf.org/aquinas/summa theologica/whether the sin of the.htm

But Surely He that is Left under a Necessity of Sinning as Long as ...
... Address 226: But surely he that is left under a necessity of sinning as
long as he? But surely he that is left under a necessity ...
/.../address 226 0 0 but surely he.htm

In what Sense Pelagius Attributed to God's Grace the Capacity of ...
... A Treatise on nature and grace, against pelagius; Chapter 59 [LI.]"In What Sense
Pelagius Attributed to God's Grace the Capacity of Not Sinning. ...
/.../augustine/anti-pelagian writings/chapter 59 li in what sense.htm

Thesaurus

Sinning (59 Occurrences)
...Sinning (59 Occurrences). ... John 8:3 Now the scribes and Pharisees came, with a woman
who had been taken in the act of sinning against the married relation; (BBE). ...
/s/sinning.htm - 23k

Relation (86 Occurrences)
... (BBE). John 8:3 Now the scribes and Pharisees came, with a woman who had been
taken in the act of sinning against the married relation; (BBE). ...
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Falsely (72 Occurrences)
... 6:3 or has found that which was lost, and dealt falsely therein, and swearing to
a lie; in any of all these things that a man does, sinning therein; (WEB KJV ...
/f/falsely.htm - 29k

New (1850 Occurrences)
... "All who are by physical derivation truly united to Adam incur the death, which
by sinning he introduced into human experience; and similarly, all who by ...
/n/new.htm - 101k

Married (152 Occurrences)
... John 8:3 Now the scribes and Pharisees came, with a woman who had been taken
in the act of sinning against the married relation; (BBE). ...
/m/married.htm - 35k

Adam (29 Occurrences)
... "All who are by physical derivation truly united to Adam incur the death, which
by sinning he introduced into human experience; and similarly, all who by ...
/a/adam.htm - 63k

Beseech (85 Occurrences)
... 1 John 5:16 If any one may see his brother sinning a sin not unto death, he shall
ask, and He shall give to him life to those sinning not unto death; there is ...
/b/beseech.htm - 31k

Sinoffering

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Dealt (130 Occurrences)
... 6:3 or has found that which was lost, and dealt falsely therein, and swearing to
a lie; in any of all these things that a man does, sinning therein; (WEB). ...
/d/dealt.htm - 37k

Sinneth (25 Occurrences)

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Resources

Why can't I stop sinning? Please help! | GotQuestions.org

Isn't it unloving to tell someone he/she is sinning? | GotQuestions.org

Do we sin daily? Is it possible to go an entire day without sinning? | GotQuestions.org

Sinning: Dictionary and Thesaurus | Clyx.com

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Sinning (59 Occurrences)

John 5:14
After these things, Jesus findeth him in the temple, and said to him, 'Lo, thou hast become whole; sin no more, lest something worse may happen to thee.'
(See NIV)

John 8:3
Now the scribes and Pharisees came, with a woman who had been taken in the act of sinning against the married relation;
(BBE)

John 8:4
And putting her forward, they said to him, Master, this woman has been taken in the very act of sinning against the married relation.
(BBE)

Romans 6:1
To what conclusion, then, shall we come? Are we to persist in sinning in order that the grace extended to us may be the greater?
(WEY NIV)

1 Corinthians 7:36
and if any one doth think 'it' to be unseemly to his virgin, if she may be beyond the bloom of age, and it ought so to be, what he willeth let him do; he doth not sin -- let him marry.
(See NIV)

1 Corinthians 8:12
Thus, sinning against the brothers, and wounding their conscience when it is weak, you sin against Christ.
(WEB WEY ASV BBE DBY YLT NAS RSV)

1 Corinthians 11:27
Whoever, therefore, in an unworthy manner, eats the bread or drinks from the cup of the Lord sins against the body and blood of the Lord.
(See NIV)

1 Corinthians 15:34
awake up, as is right, and sin not; for certain have an ignorance of God; for shame to you I say 'it'.
(See NAS NIV)

Ephesians 4:26
If angry, beware of sinning. Let not your irritation last until the sun goes down;
(WEY)

1 Timothy 5:20
Those sinning, reprove before all, that the others also may have fear;
(YLT NAS)

Titus 3:11
having known that he hath been subverted who 'is' such, and doth sin, being self-condemned.
(See NAS)

Hebrews 10:26
For we -- willfully sinning after the receiving the full knowledge of the truth -- no more for sins doth there remain a sacrifice,
(YLT NAS NIV)

1 Peter 2:20
For what glory is it, if sinning and being buffeted ye shall bear it? but if, doing good and suffering, ye shall bear it, this is acceptable with God.
(DBY YLT)

2 Peter 2:14
having eyes full of adultery, and unable to cease from sin, enticing unstable souls, having an heart exercised in covetousnesses, children of a curse,
(See NIV)

1 John 3:6
every one who is remaining in him doth not sin; every one who is sinning, hath not seen him, nor known him.
(YLT NIV)

1 John 3:8
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.
(WEB NIV)

1 John 3:9
every one who hath been begotten of God, sin he doth not, because his seed in him doth remain, and he is not able to sin, because of God he hath been begotten.
(See NIV)

1 John 5:16
If anyone sees his brother sinning a sin not leading to death, he shall ask, and God will give him life for those who sin not leading to death. There is a sin leading to death. I don't say that he should make a request concerning this.
(WEB ASV DBY YLT)

Genesis 13:13
Now the men of Sodom were wicked and sinners against the LORD exceedingly.
(See NIV)

Genesis 20:6
God said to him in the dream, "Yes, I know that in the integrity of your heart you have done this, and I also withheld you from sinning against me. Therefore I didn't allow you to touch her.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Genesis 39:9
So that no one has more authority in this house than I have; he has kept nothing back from me but you, because you are his wife; how then may I do this great wrong, sinning against God?
(BBE)

Exodus 9:34
But when Pharaoh saw that the rain and the ice-storm and the thunders were ended, he went on sinning, and made his heart hard, he and his servants.
(BBE)

Exodus 20:20
And Moses said unto the people: 'Fear not; for God is come to prove you, and that His fear may be before you, that ye sin not.'
(See NIV)

Leviticus 5:15
If anyone is untrue, sinning in error in connection with the holy things of the Lord, let him take his offering to the Lord, a male sheep from the flock, without any mark, of the value fixed by you in silver by shekels, by the scale of the holy place.
(BBE)

Leviticus 6:3
or has found that which was lost, and dealt falsely therein, and swearing to a lie; in any of all these things that a man does, sinning therein;
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT)

Numbers 5:12
Say to the children of Israel, If any man's wife does wrong, sinning against him
(BBE)

Numbers 5:27
And it will be that if the woman has become unclean, sinning against her husband, when she has taken the bitter water it will go into her body, causing disease of the stomach and wasting of the legs, and she will be a curse among her people.
(BBE)

Numbers 15:28
and the priest hath made atonement for the person who is erring, in his sinning in ignorance before Jehovah, by making atonement for him, and it hath been forgiven him;
(YLT NIV)

Numbers 32:23
But if ye will not do so, behold, ye have sinned against the LORD; and know ye your sin which will find you.
(See NIV)

Deuteronomy 17:2
If there is any man or woman among you, in any of the towns which the Lord your God gives you, who does evil in the eyes of the Lord your God, sinning against his agreement,
(BBE)

Deuteronomy 20:18
So that you may not take them as your example and do all the disgusting things which they do in the worship of their gods, so sinning against the Lord your God.
(BBE)

Joshua 7:11
Israel has done wrong, sinning against the agreement which I made with them: they have even taken of the cursed thing; acting falsely like thieves they have put it among their goods.
(BBE)

1 Samuel 14:33
Then they told Saul, saying, "Behold, the people are sinning against Yahweh, in that they eat meat with the blood." He said, "You have dealt treacherously. Roll a large stone to me this day!"
(WEB BBE YLT NAS RSV NIV)

1 Samuel 19:5
For he put his life in danger and overcame the Philistine, and the Lord gave all Israel salvation: you saw it and were glad: why then are you sinning against him who has done no wrong, desiring the death of David without cause?
(BBE)

2 Chronicles 28:19
For the Lord made Judah low, because of Ahaz, king of Israel; for he had given up all self-control in Judah, sinning greatly against the Lord.
(BBE)

2 Chronicles 29:6
For our fathers have done evil, sinning in the eyes of the Lord our God, and have given him up, turning away their faces from the house of the Lord, and turning their backs on him.
(BBE)

2 Chronicles 33:23
He did not make himself low before the Lord, as his father Manasseh had done, but went on sinning more and more.
(BBE)

Nehemiah 13:27
Are we then without protest to let you do all this great evil, sinning against our God by taking strange women for your wives?
(BBE)

Job 35:3
That thou inquirest: 'What advantage will it be unto Thee?' And: 'What profit shall I have, more than if I had sinned?'
(See NIV)

Psalms 39:1
To the Overseer, to Jeduthun. -- A Psalm of David. I have said, 'I observe my ways, Against sinning with my tongue, I keep for my mouth a curb, while the wicked 'is' before me.'
(YLT)

Psalms 78:17
And they went on sinning against him even more, turning away from the Most High in the waste land;
(BBE DBY)

Psalms 78:32
For all this they went on sinning even more, and had no faith in his great wonders.
(BBE NIV)

Proverbs 19:2
Also, without knowledge the soul 'is' not good, And the hasty in feet is sinning.
(YLT)

Isaiah 1:4
Ah, sinning nation, a people heavy 'with' iniquity, A seed of evil doers, sons -- corrupters! They have forsaken Jehovah, They have despised the Holy One of Israel, They have gone away backward.
(YLT)

Isaiah 1:16
Be washed, make yourselves clean; put away the evil of your doings from before my eyes; let there be an end of sinning;
(BBE)

Isaiah 13:9
Lo, the day of Jehovah doth come, Fierce, with wrath, and heat of anger, To make the land become a desolation, Yea, its sinning ones He destroyeth from it.
(YLT)

Isaiah 64:4
Will you not have mercy on him who takes pleasure in doing righteousness, even on those who keep in mind your ways? Truly you were angry, and we went on doing evil, and sinning against you in the past.
(BBE)

Jeremiah 9:5
Everyone will make sport of his neighbour with deceit, not saying what is true: their tongues have been trained to say false words; they are twisted, hating to come back.
(See NIV)

Jeremiah 33:8
And I will make them clean from all their sin, with which they have been sinning against me; I will have forgiveness for all their sins, with which they have been sinning against me, and with which they have done evil against me.
(BBE)

Jeremiah 44:23
Because you have been burning perfumes, and sinning against the Lord, and have not given ear to the voice of the Lord, or gone in the way of his law or his rules or his orders; for this reason this evil has come on you, as it is today.
(BBE)

Ezekiel 14:13
Son of man, when a land, sinning against me, does wrong, and my hand is stretched out against it, and the support of its bread is broken, and I make it short of food, cutting off man and beast from it:
(BBE)

Ezekiel 18:4
Lo, all the souls are Mine, As the soul of the father, So also the soul of the son -- they are Mine, The soul that is sinning -- it doth die.
(YLT)

Ezekiel 20:38
Clearing out from among you all those who are uncontrolled and who are sinning against me; I will take them out of the land where they are living, but they will not come into the land of Israel: and you will be certain that I am the Lord.
(BBE)

Ezekiel 35:6
For this cause, by my life, says the Lord, because you have been sinning through blood, blood will come after you.
(BBE)

Hosea 4:7
Even while they were increasing in number they were sinning against me; I will let their glory be changed into shame.
(BBE)

Hosea 7:13
May trouble be theirs! for they have gone far away from me; and destruction, for they have been sinning against me; I was ready to be their saviour, but they said false words against me.
(BBE)

Hosea 8:11
Because Ephraim has multiplied altars for sinning, they became for him altars for sinning.
(WEB ASV NAS RSV NIV)

Hosea 11:7
My people are given up to sinning against me; though their voice goes up on high, no one will be lifting them up.
(BBE)

Habakkuk 2:10
You have been a cause of shame to your house by cutting off a number of peoples, and sinning against your soul.
(BBE NAS)

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