commit sin
Example Sentences
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The reader will not understand us to favor the teaching that Christians must of necessity occasionally commit sin and that none live a sinless life.
From The Gospel Day Or, the Light of Christianity by Orr, Charles Ebert
And, besides, it is self-contradictory; for the question is, How can a man commit sin for its own sake on account of the pleasure it affords him?
From A Theodicy, or, Vindication of the Divine Glory by Bledsoe, Albert Taylor
Whosoever is born of God doth not commit sin; for his seed remaineth in him: and he cannot sin, because he is born of God.
From Sanctification by Byers, J. W.
Is it not a just cause of surprise that men will teach the forgiveness of sins necessary to the experience of justification, and yet teach that the justified commit sin?
From The Gospel Day Or, the Light of Christianity by Orr, Charles Ebert
He was the haunting fiend, ever at my side to tempt me to commit sin.
From Flora Lyndsay or, Passages in an Eventful Life Vol. II. by Moodie, Susanna
