commit sin

Example Sentences

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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.

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

We are to deal with the word in its popular use, as meaning some inducement to commit sin.

From The Warfare of the Soul Practical Studies in the Life of Temptation by Hughson, Shirley C.

Faustus, I would willingly have permitted the babe to grow up and commit sin; for I am now deprived both of him and his mother. 

From Faustus his Life, Death, and Doom by Borrow, George Henry

I thought of my theory; but I was fearful that I should commit sin if I tampered with the sacred “breath of life.”

From Theory of Circulation by Respiration Synopsis of its Principles and History by Willard, Emma