"SIN" IN THE BIBLE

The major subject of sin appears throughout the Old and New Testaments. Below are just a few selected examples to examine:

Sin personified

Genesis 4:7 Sin lies crouching at the door

Numbers 32:23 Your sin will find you out

James 1:12 The birth of sin

All sin separates us from God

“they sinned against the LORD”-- 49 times in the Old Testament

“against thee only have I sinned”-- David's confession after sin with Bathsheba (Psalm 51:4)

“All things are lawful but not all things build up.”-- I Corinthians 10:23

Sin in the singular

In the most theological book of Paul (Romans), sin is mentioned 41 times, almost always in the singular.

Sin vs. sins (relative morality)

Whatever does not proceed from faith is sin.-- Romans 14:23

To know what to do and fail to do it is sin.-- James 4:17

Meat offered to idols-- I Corinthians 8 and 10:23-33

One man esteems certain days, etc.--- Romans 14:1-6

Everyone sins

“for there is no one who does not sin”-- II Chronicles 6:36

Let he who is without sin cast the first stone-- John 8:7

If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves and the truth is not in us-- I John 1:8-10

All have sinned and fallen short of the glory of God-- Romans 3:23

Sin reigns from Adam onward even though the type of sin may differ-- Romans 5:12-14

Whoever fails in one part of the law disobeys all the law--Matthew 5:19

Degrees of Sin

I Corinthians 6:18-20-- Fornication is a sin against one's body

I John 5:16-17-- Mortal sin

Unforgivable sin against the Holy Spirit-- Matthew 12:31