The report was written over several years by the Pontifical Biblical Commission, which is a part of the CDF, and aims to provide a study of the whole of scripture on the topic of human anthropology, aimed as a resource for scholars and students. One nine-page section of th...
1 Tim. 1:10 – sodomites are called ungodly and sinners, unholy and profane, lawless and disobedient. They are called by God to chastity. It is important to note that homosexual attractions and inclinations, while disordered and dangerous, are not by themselves sinful per se. It is the acti...
5 And to the one who does not work but xbelieves in2 him who justifies the ungodly, his faith is counted as righteousness, 6 just as David also speaks of the blessing of the one to whom God counts righteousness apart from works: 7 y“Blessed are those whose lawless deeds are ...
7In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, in accordance with the riches of God’s grace Read ChapterAll Versions Hebrews 10:17 17Then he adds: “Their sins and lawless acts I will remember no more.”
“The coming of the lawless one is according to the working of Satan, with all power, signs, and lying wonders, and with all unrighteous deception among those who perish, because they did not receive the love of the truth, that they might be saved. And for this reason, God will send...
and they shall be My people.None of them shall teach his neighbor, and none his brother, saying, ‘Know theLord,’ for all shall know Me, from the least of them to the greatest of them.For I will be merciful to their unrighteousness, and their sins and their lawless deedsI will reme...
2 Peter 3:16-17 – we can be the beloved of God and then lose our stability and carried away with the error of lawless men. 1 John 1:7 – if we walk in the light, the blood of Jesus cleanses us. But we need continual cleansing, and can walk out of the light. 1 John 1:9 ...