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NASB | 1 John 5:17 All unrighteousness is sin, and there is a sin not leading to death. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | 1 John 5:17 All wrongdoing is sin, and there is sin that does not lead to death [one can repent of it and be forgiven]. |
Bible Question:
Is there an extensive list of definitions of sin? Any additions to these would be helpful. All unrighteousness is sin: and there is a sin not unto death. (1Jn 5:17 KJVR) Therefore to him that knoweth to do good, and doeth it not, to him it is sin. (Jas 4:17 KJVR) Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also the law: for sin is the transgression of the law. (1Jn 3:4 KJVR) |
Bible Answer: I should hope that this answer does not come across as a cop out. In my entirely less than professional opinion the true defo of sin cannot be fully understood outside of the light of God's holiness. Unfortunately that rules humans understanding to limited at best. Another issue we face is as proven by Jesus after the Pharisees had remarked that they couldn't possibly be blind is that some sins, under the blanket of innocence and ignorance are covered under the wonderful grace of God and not placed on our conscience as sin. Therefore the definition of sin does appear to somewhat change after our ability to understand and discern right and wrong improves. Remember, in the Garden of Eden there was but one sin: not to eat. The best answer that I could provide for someone seeking holiness is this: first sin is anything that takes our hearts further from God. This being said it would seem there is a better approach to this. First start with the idea of stewardship. If God has given you the knowledge to know something is a sin, don't do it. Sometimes easier said than done. When we fail (and we will) it will eventually run us to the end of our selves, our strength, our pride, our thinking we have the ability to do this on our own, etc. Believe it or not, this is the best place for us to be. Peter no doubt gave up on himself after he had denied Jesus, but after this lack of hope in one's self, we see one of the greatest Christian leaders of all time. This puts us into a great position to fall into God's grace and under the power of Jesus Christ we will accomplish and overcome. After we realize this truth and continue on that direction with a greatful and sacraficial heart, God's beauty becomes more and more manifest to us and we receieve a greater vision of God's glory. At that point, the idea of sin goes out the window. We then make the central focus of our life knowing and serving the Triune God. At this point much of the things we used to struggle with kind of fall away. This concept is evidenced in the 7th chapter of Deuteronomy i believe verses 21-23. God gave the battle with the inhabitants of the Promise land over to the Israelites a little at a time(the victory), lest they would become overcome, so we must exercise great patience. The point of this whole rambling is evidenced by the entire book of Hebrews. The grace covenant is far superior to the law in every single way. The only way to know and to defeat sin is to entirely love God with all that you have. This will even cover the second law to love your neigbhbor. If you love God like that and He tells you to love your neighbor, you will undoubtedly do it. The question changes from, "What is sin?" to, "How can I love God better?" This thinking in essence will eventually exclude all sin and in time anything short will affect the person's spirit just as sin already does. |
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