Now the people of Sodom were wicked and were sinning greatly against the Lord.

Then God said to him in the dream, “Yes, I know you did this with a clear conscience, and so I have kept you from sinning against me. That is why I did not let you touch her.

Moses said to the people, “Do not be afraid. God has come to test you, so that the fear of God will be with you to keep you from sinning.”

“When anyone is unfaithful to the Lord by sinning unintentionally in regard to any of the Lord’s holy things, they are to bring to the Lord as a penalty a ram from the flock, one without defect and of the proper value in silver, according to the sanctuary shekel. It is a guilt offering.

The priest is to make atonement before the Lord for the one who erred by sinning unintentionally, and when atonement has been made, that person will be forgiven.

“But if you fail to do this, you will be sinning against the Lord; and you may be sure that your sin will find you out.

Then someone said to Saul, “Look, the men are sinning against the Lord by eating meat that has blood in it.” “You have broken faith,” he said. “Roll a large stone over here at once.”

Yet you ask him, ‘What profit is it to me, and what do I gain by not sinning?’

In spite of all this, they kept on sinning; in spite of his wonders, they did not believe.

Friend deceives friend, and no one speaks the truth. They have taught their tongues to lie; they weary themselves with sinning.

“Though Ephraim built many altars for sin offerings, these have become altars for sinning.

Later Jesus found him at the temple and said to him, “See, you are well again. Stop sinning or something worse may happen to you.”

Dead to Sin, Alive in Christ

What shall we say, then? Shall we go on sinning so that grace may increase?

If anyone is worried that he might not be acting honorably toward the virgin he is engaged to, and if his passions are too strong and he feels he ought to marry, he should do as he wants. He is not sinning. They should get married.

So then, whoever eats the bread or drinks the cup of the Lord in an unworthy manner will be guilty of sinning against the body and blood of the Lord.

Come back to your senses as you ought, and stop sinning; for there are some who are ignorant of God—I say this to your shame.

But those elders who are sinning you are to reprove before everyone, so that the others may take warning.

If we deliberately keep on sinning after we have received the knowledge of the truth, no sacrifice for sins is left,

With eyes full of adultery, they never stop sinning; they seduce the unstable; they are experts in greed—an accursed brood!

No one who lives in him keeps on sinning. No one who continues to sin has either seen him or known him.

The one who does what is sinful is of the devil, because the devil has been sinning from the beginning. The reason the Son of God appeared was to destroy the devil’s work.

No one who is born of God will continue to sin, because God’s seed remains in them; they cannot go on sinning, because they have been born of God.