commit sin

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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

No human authority can make it obligatory on us to commit sin.

From Cotton is King, and Pro-Slavery Arguments Comprising the Writings of Hammond, Harper, Christy, Stringfellow, Hodge, Bledsoe, and Cartrwright on This Important Subject by Elliott, E. N.

The indictment culminates in these three distinct points: Luther advises Weller 1. to drink freely and be frivolous; 2. to commit sin to spite the devil; 3. to have no regard for the Ten Commandments.

From Luther Examined and Reexamined A Review of Catholic Criticism and a Plea for Revaluation by Dau, W. H. T. (William Herman Theodore)

The master then tried to make him yield through the medium of Herz, but Newman said to him: "I cannot offend my Lord Jesus, and would rather die than commit sin."

From Some Jewish Witnesses For Christ by B.D.

The rest of them, who did not commit sin and wickedness, whose evil deed was not, I commanded their release.

From The Old Testament In the Light of The Historical Records and Legends of Assyria and Babylonia by Pinches, Theophilus Goldridge