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NASB | Romans 6:2 May it never be! How shall we who died to sin still live in it? |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Romans 6:2 Certainly not! How can we, the very ones who died to sin, continue to live in it any longer? |
Subject: Is iT possible to live without sin? |
Bible Note: Please support your view that 1 John 1:8-10 is speaking of life before conversion. It is quite clear from all the moral instruction from the apostles to their Christian audiences in the epistles that being a Christian does not mean being sinless. If they had already attained moral perfection (which is the only biblical definition of sinlessness), why would they need to be told to do certain things or refrain from certain things? It simply does not follow from Scripture that the sinless life is a reality before entering the presence of God. Romans 7 also illustrates Paul's inability to live a sinless life, as does Philippians 3:13-14. Inevitably, all who claim that the sinless life is attainable have to weaken the biblical definition of sin (and thereby dilute the biblical notion of the absolute holiness of God and his moral requirements), or live in frustration that even with the sanctifying work of the Spirit that we still fall short of the glory of God in our behavior. It is also theologically incorrect to say that the "devil put is in sin." Man sinned of his own will, bringing about the curse. I still have never met a sinless person. Anyone else had that pleasure? --Joe! |