Death is not regarded as a natural affair by primitive man. Death is believed to be due to the intervention of some malevolent or at least not well disposed power. Normally it should not take place. So we have all through history crude explanations of death, as e. g. , the influence of the serpent, the devil, sin.
I know that we sin but I do believe we try, we all try.
The sin of Kibr (arrogance) is actually worse than many of the sins that we would be advising [other] people about.
CEASE to PRAY and thou will BEGIN to SIN.
Anything that kills hope is a sin
Little sins are pioneers of hell.
It does not spoil your happiness to confess your sin. The unhappiness is in not making the confession.
Cowardice in a race, as in an individual, is the unpardonable sin.
Avalanches of evil begin with a single pebble of sin.
Vanity is my favourite sin.
When I repent, here is where it starts. I try to name my sin as honestly and as specifically as possible. Here is what repenting is not. It is not excusing my sin, minimizing my sin, it's not rationalizing my sin. . . Repentance is getting painfully honest with God.
Feelings can be controlled and behavior can be controlled. The line of sin is between the feelings and the behavior. The line of prudence is between the susceptibility and the feelings.
Sin has been pardoned at such a price that we cannot henceforth trifle with it.
Sin in this country has been always said to be rather calculating than impulsive.
One is most dishonest to one's god: he is not allowed to sin.
Sin is its own punishment, devouring you from the inside.
Jews have suffered persecution from misguided Christians who tortured the Jews for their part in killing Christ. These Christians forgot that Christ died because of the sins of all men.
There is no original sin. You don't have to pay repentance to anything or anybody.
Two things I recognize, O Lord, in myself: Nature, which Thou hast made; Sin, which I have added.
You and your sins must separate, or you and your God will never come together.
