WHAT IS SIN?
“Sin” is a religious term. Smoking
may be sin in religion, but it is not so in civil or criminal law.
Seven deadly vices are also called
seven deadly sins. They are: Pride, greed, lust, envy, gluttony, wrath, and sloth.
Some synonyms of sin are:
transgression, wrongdoing, misdeed, offence, evil, guilt, iniquity, and scandal.
Any act that violates religious morality
is a sinful act.
The
German religious reformer Martin Luther (1483-1516) said:
“Sin
is, essentially, a departure from God.”
Here
are a few relevant quotes:
*The recognition of sin is the
beginning of salvation.
*He who sins against man may fear discovery,
but he who sins against God, is sure of it.
*Few love to hear the sins they love
to act. ----The English poet-playwright William Shakespeare (1564-1616).
* The worst effect of sin is within,
and is manifest not in poverty, and pain, and bodily defacement, but in the discrowned
faculties, the unworthy love, the low ideal, the brutalized and enslaved spirit.----The
American clergy Edwin Hubbel (1814-1880).
*The English divine Richard Baxter (1615-91)
had this to say:
Use
sin as it will use you; spare it not, for it will not spare you; it is your
murderer, and the murderer of the world: use it, therefore, as a murderer
should be used. Kill it before it kills you. You love not death; love not the
cause of death.
*Some antonyms of sin are : virtue,
goodness, innocence, holiness, morality, and righteousness.
An important proverb says:
“ The wages of sin is death.”
To
conclude, here is a famous and widely recognized quote about sin:
“Let
the one among you who is without sin be the first to cast a stone.”-- Jesus Christ
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G.R.Kanwal
27 June 2026
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