The clearest definition of sin that we find in the Bible is 1 John 3:4: “Sin is the transgression of the law” (King James Version). Let’s examine this scripture to discover what it is telling us about sin. To understand it, we can consider the range of meaning of the Greek word...
4 Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also the law: for sin is the transgression of the law. (1 John 3:4, KJV) What law? God’s law, which is in His word (cf. Psalm 119:11), and that includes the Ten Commandments (cf. 1 John 2:3-4; Psalm 119:172; see also the free ...
Paul that sin is a transgression of the law (Rom., ii, 23; v, 12-20); a servitude from which we are liberated by grace (Rom., vi, 16-18); a disobedience (Heb., ii, 2) punished by God (Heb., x, 26-31). St. John describes sin as an offense to God, a disorder of the...
And why dost thou not pardon my transgression Or "lift [it] up"F4; every sin is a transgression of the law of God, and the guilt of it upon the conscience is a burden too heavy to bear, and the punishment of it is intolerable; pardon lifts up and takes away all manner of sin, ...
Sin is the transgression of the law. Of course, it's talking of the law, of talking about the law of God. Sin is the transgression of God's law. Different churches seem to have different definitions of what is sin. I remember when I was a boy, I was raised in a very respectable...
4 Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also the law: for sin is the transgression of the law. (1 John 3:4, KJV) 4 Whoever commits sin also commits lawlessness, and sin is lawlessness. (1 John 3:4, NKJV) 4 Whosoever committeth sin commmitteth also iniquity; and sin is iniquity....
Their perdition, if it ensues, will not be due to transgression of a code they had not, but to sin against such light as they had; if without knowledge of Law they sinned, without reference to Law their doom will he, And as many as have sinned in Law (or, under Law. Ἐν ν...
The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law; Legacy Standard Bible Now the sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law; Amplified Bible The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin [by which it brings death] is the law; ...
Perhaps we most often think of sin as wrongdoing or transgression of God's law. Sin includes a failure to do what is right. But sin also offends people; it is violence and lovelessness toward other people, and ultimately, rebellion against God. Further, the Bible teaches that sin involves...
To uphold the view of the majority, R. Ammi quoted the Scripture to show that sin causes pain and death: "I visit their transgression with the rod and their iniquity with stripes" (Ps. xxxix. 33); "The soul that sinneth, it shall die" (Ezek. xviii. 4). This verse is in ...