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What Does the Bible Say About What Is Sin?

Here are 8 Bible verses about what is sin, ordered by how relevant readers found them, with the King James Version and the modern Berean Standard Bible side by side.

  1. #11 John 3:4

    Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also the law: for sin is the transgression of the law.

    BSBEveryone who practices sin practices lawlessness as well. Indeed, sin is lawlessness.

  2. #2Romans 6:23

    For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.

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

  3. #3Romans 3:23

    For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;

    BSBfor all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,

  4. #4James 4:17

    Therefore to him that knoweth to do good, and doeth it not, to him it is sin.

    BSBAnyone, then, who knows the right thing to do, yet fails to do it, is guilty of sin.

  5. #51 John 5:17

    All unrighteousness is sin: and there is a sin not unto death.

    BSBAll unrighteousness is sin, yet there is sin that does not lead to death.

  6. #61 John 1:9

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

    BSBIf we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

  7. #7Galatians 5:19-21

    Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness, Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies, Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.

    BSBThe acts of the flesh are obvious: sexual immorality, impurity, and debauchery; idolatry and sorcery; hatred, discord, jealousy, and rage; rivalries, divisions, factions, and envy; drunkenness, orgies, and the like. I warn you, as I did before, that those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.

  8. #8Romans 14:23

    And he that doubteth is damned if he eat, because he eateth not of faith: for whatsoever is not of faith is sin.

    BSBBut the one who has doubts is condemned if he eats, because his eating is not from faith; and everything that is not from faith is sin.

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