Definition of Sin According to the Bible

[SavedByChrist94]

Contrary to popular belief, Sin is not anything Pleasurable, Delightful or Wonderful, lets get to the chase,

1 John 3:4 - "Everyone who practices sin also practices lawlessness; and Sin is Lawlessness."

So Sin is Lawlessness, What is The Law?

Matthew 7:12 - "In everything, therefore, Treat people the same way you want them to treat you, for this Is the Law and the Prophets." - YHWH(The Father and The Son(Jesus Christ) and The Holy Spirit)

Sin therefore means Not Treating people the same way you would want them to treat you.

Romans 13:8-10 - 8 Owe nothing to anyone except to love one another; for he who loves his neighbor has fulfilled the law. 9 For this, “You shall not commit adultery, You shall not murder, You shall not steal, You shall not covet,” and if there is any other commandment, it is summed up in this saying, “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.” 10 Love does no wrong to a neighbor; therefore love is the fulfillment of the law(Matthew 7:12).

I'll end with an important passage, by Paul concerning those who condemn things such as taste , handling, sex, touch etc:

Colossians 2:20-23 - "If you have died with Christ to the elementary principles of the world, why, as if you were living in the world, do you submit yourself to decrees, such as, 21 “Do not handle, do not taste, do not touch!” 22 (which all refer to things destined to perish with use)—in accordance with the commandments and teachings of men? 23 These are matters which have, to be sure, the appearance of wisdom in self-made religion and self-abasement and severe treatment of the body, but are of no value against fleshly indulgence."(This passage proves that flesh doesn't mean literal flesh, but is a term, flesh means Harm. we should not indulge in harming other people)

[Without Underlines and Bold] Colossians 2:20-23 - "If you have died with Christ to the elementary principles of the world, why, as if you were living in the world, do you submit yourself to decrees, such as, 21 “Do not handle, do not taste, do not touch!” 22 (which all refer to things destined to perish with use)—in accordance with the commandments and teachings of men? 23 These are matters which have, to be sure, the appearance of wisdom in self-made religion and self-abasement and severe treatment of the body, but are of no value against fleshly indulgence."(This passage proves that flesh doesn't mean literal flesh, but is a term, flesh means Harm. we should not indulge in harming other people)

Paul says clearly that such people who have decrees of "Do not Handle, Do not Taste, Do not Touch!" are of the World(just like atheists/unbelievers) and are following Secular commandments of Men and not of The Bible/Of YHWH(God: The Father and The Son and The Holy Spirit)

 

[Targaryen]

Interesting outlook, but what led you to this outlook of the passages listed?

 

[SavedByChrist94]

Interesting outlook, but what led you to this outlook of the passages listed?

Nice Try, but there was no outlook/opinion, All Derived from the Text/Bible, and Not Opinion:

1 John 3:4 - "Everyone who practices sin also practices lawlessness; and Sin is Lawlessness."

So Sin is Lawlessness, What is The Law?

Matthew 7:12 - "In everything, therefore, Treat people the same way you want them to treat you, for this Is the Law and the Prophets." - YHWH(The Father and The Son(Jesus Christ) and The Holy Spirit)

Sin therefore means Not Treating people the same way you would want them to treat you.

Romans 13:8-10 - 8 Owe nothing to anyone except to love one another; for he who loves his neighbor has fulfilled the law. 9 For this, “You shall not commit adultery, You shall not murder, You shall not steal, You shall not covet,” and if there is any other commandment, it is summed up in this saying, “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.” 10 Love does no wrong to a neighbor; therefore love is the fulfillment of the law(Matthew 7:12).

I'll end with an important passage, by Paul concerning those who condemn things such as taste , handling, sex, touch etc:

Colossians 2:20-23 - "If you have died with Christ to the elementary principles of the world, why, as if you were living in the world, do you submit yourself to decrees, such as, 21 “Do not handle, do not taste, do not touch!” 22 (which all refer to things destined to perish with use)—in accordance with the commandments and teachings of men? 23 These are matters which have, to be sure, the appearance of wisdom in self-made religion and self-abasement and severe treatment of the body, but are of no value against fleshly indulgence."(This passage proves that flesh doesn't mean literal flesh, but is a term, flesh means Harm. we should not indulge in harming other people)

Deal with it.

 

[MoreCoffee]

Isn't sin a superfluity of naughtiness?

 

[faroukfarouk]

SavedbyChrist94:

1 John 3.4 is the verse I thought of.

Blessings.

 

[Targaryen]

I was genuinely curious but with your "nice try" I guess I shouldn't be.

Your outlook of sin is interesting. Maybe too lax for some in interpretation however.

 

[SavedByChrist94]

I was genuinely curious but with your "nice try" I guess I shouldn't be.

Thing is you aren't being curious, you're being dishonest, dishonestly calling it an Outlook when all of it is derived from a text, hence Nice Try, the lie didn't work.

 

[Targaryen]

Thing is you aren't being curious, you're being dishonest, dishonestly calling it an Outlook when all of it is derived from a text, hence Nice Try, the lie didn't work.

You presume way too much.

 

[GratiaCorpusChristi]

Thing is you aren't being curious, you're being dishonest, dishonestly calling it an Outlook when all of it is derived from a text, hence Nice Try, the lie didn't work.

All reading involves interpretation. It might be a correct interpretation- I think yours is more correct than not- but it's still an interpretation.

Stop playing with scissors.

 

[Gary51]

All reading involves interpretation. .

Wrong......

2 Peter 1:20 Knowing this first, that no prophecy of scripture is of any private interpretation.

 

[Targaryen]

Wrong......

2 Peter 1:20 Knowing this first, that no prophecy of scripture is of any private interpretation.

Disproving scripture interpretation with scripture interpretation is hilarious.

Specially when in the NRSV translation says the no prophecy of scripture is a matter of one's own interpretation.

Context helps

 

[Sophrosyne]

Actually that is one definition of sin, but not all the definitions of sin there is. The lawlessness definition only goes as far as to not murder people, and not have physical sex with married spouses etc, while Jesus himself goes far beyond that and says even hating others is equivalent to murder also lusting in your mind after someone elses spouse can be considered adultery. In other words lawlessness only includes actual actions while Jesus said even our thoughts are sinful. You go farther to equate do unto other, again this doesn't go far enough into the thought realm.
I believe there is also a scripture that says what is not of faith is sin too.

 

[GratiaCorpusChristi]

Wrong......

2 Peter 1:20 Knowing this first, that no prophecy of scripture is of any private interpretation.

Except that the whole point of that passage is that there is such a thing as public interpretation, the public interpretation of the Old Testament by the apostles within the Christian community in light of Christ.

 

[rick357]

Defining sin is like trying to define holiness...the more specific you get the more your definition does not apply in every instance....in general....

*[[Rom 14:22-23]] KJV*
%v 22% Hast thou faith? have it to thyself before God. Happy is he that condemneth not himself in that thing which he alloweth.
%v 23% And he that doubteth is damned if he eat, because he eateth not of faith: for whatsoever is not of faith is sin.

h1. G266

Original: *ἁμαρτία*

Transliteration: *hamartia*

Phonetic: *ham-ar-tee'-ah*

*Thayer Definition*:

# equivalent to 264
## to be without a share in
## to miss the mark
## to err, be mistaken
## to miss or wander from the path of uprightness and honour,to do or go wrong
## to wander from the law of God, violate God's law, sin
# that which is done wrong, sin, an offence, a violation of the divine law in thought or in act
# collectively, the complex or aggregate of sins committed either by a single person or by many

Origin: from [[d 264]]

TDNT entry: 05:27,4

Part(s) of speech: Noun Feminine

*Strong's Definition*: From [[G264]]; _sin_ (properly abstract): - offence, sin (-ful).

And faith is

h1. G4102

Original: *πίστις*

Transliteration: *pistis*

Phonetic: *pis'-tis*

*Thayer Definition*:

# conviction of the truth of anything, belief; in the NT of a conviction or belief respecting man's relationship to God and divine things, generally with the included idea of trust and holy fervour born of faith and joined with it

## relating to God
### the conviction that God exists and is the creator and ruler of all things, the provider and bestower of eternal salvation through Christ

## relating to Christ
### a strong and welcome conviction or belief that Jesus is the Messiah, through whom we obtain eternal salvation in the kingdom of God

## the religious beliefs of Christians
## belief with the predominate idea of trust (or confidence) whether in God or in Christ, springing from faith in the same

# fidelity, faithfulness
## the character of one who can be relied on

Origin: from [[d 3982]]

TDNT entry: 08:54,8

Part(s) of speech: Noun Feminine

*Strong's Definition*: From [[G3982]]; _persuasion_, that is, _credence_ ; moral _conviction_ (of _religious_ truth, or the truthfulness of God or a religious teacher), especially _reliance_ upon Christ for salvation; abstractly _constancy_ in such profession; by extension the system of religious (Gospel) _truth_ itself: - assurance, belief, believe, faith, fidelity.


When scripture says let every man be fully convinced....what does it mean....that something is ok?....or allowed?....no but that it is what God desires you to do...and this must become the way we order our lives every day...not seeking his will in some general sense of the word but in action day by day...hour by hour....moment by moment.

 

[Gary51]

Except that the whole point of that passage is that there is such a thing as public interpretation, the public interpretation of the Old Testament by the apostles within the Christian community in light of Christ.

Except that is not what the verse says.... And all the thousands of disagreeing professing Christian denominations consititute private interpretation in their ablitity not to agree.

 

[MoreCoffee]

So ... nobody is going for the superfluity of naughtiness as a definition of sin?

It is in scripture.

 

[Gary51]

So ... nobody is going for the superfluity of naughtiness as a definition of sin?

It is in scripture.

Is superfluity of naughtiness lawlessness?

 

[Tzaousios]

Nice Try, but there was no outlook/opinion, All Derived from the Text/Bible, and Not Opinion

Please explain how one distinguishes between outlook/opinion and that which is derived from the text. Also, it would be helpful to know how this distinction is related to the task of biblical interpretation.

 

[~Anastasia~]

The more one becomes like Christ, the more things will become sin ... or rather, the more one will recognize sin

 

[MoreCoffee]

Is superfluity of naughtiness lawlessness?

Could be. It is a phrase of abundant quaintness

Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath: For the wrath of man worketh not the righteousness of God. Wherefore lay apart all filthiness and superfluity of naughtiness, and receive with meekness the engrafted word, which is able to save your souls. (James 1:19-21 KJV)