Bible on Man in the State of Sin
Memorization verses on the nature and predicament of sin.
Author: adapted from Berkof's "Summary of Christian Doctrine" BerkhofSummaryChristianDoctrine
That sin is guilt:
kjv@Romans:5:18 @ Therefore as by the offence of one judgment came upon all men to condemnation; even so by the righteousness of one the free gift came upon all men unto justification of life.
kjv@1John:3:4 @ Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also the law: for sin is the transgression of the law.
kjv@Ephesians:2:3 @ Among whom also we all had our conversation in times past in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind; and were by nature the children of wrath, even as others.
That sin is pollution:
kjv@Jeremiah:17:9 @ The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?
kjv@Romans:7:18 @ For I know that in me (that is, in my flesh,) dwelleth no good thing: for to will is present with me; but how to perform that which is good I find not.
kjv@Romans:8:5 @ For they that are after the flesh do mind the things of the flesh; but they that are after the Spirit the things of the Spirit.
That sin has its seat in the heart:
kjv@Jeremiah:17:9 @ The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?
kjv@Matthew:15:19 @ For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies:
kjv@Hebrews:5:12 @ For when for the time ye ought to be teachers, ye have need that one teach you again which be the first principles of the oracles of God; and are become such as have need of milk, and not of strong meat.
That Adam's guilt is imputed to us:
kjv@Romans:5:12 @ Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned:
kjv@Romans:5:19 @ For as by one man's disobedience many were made sinners, so by the obedience of one shall many be made righteous.
kjv@1Corinthians:15:21-22 @ For since by man came death, by man came also the resurrection of the dead. For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive.
That man is totally depraved:
kjv@Jeremiah:17:9 @ The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?
kjv@Romans:7:18 @ For I know that in me (that is, in my flesh,) dwelleth no good thing: for to will is present with me; but how to perform that which is good I find not.
kjv@Romans:8:5 @ For they that are after the flesh do mind the things of the flesh; but they that are after the Spirit the things of the Spirit.
That sin is universal:
kjv@1Kings:8:46 @ If they sin against thee, (for there is no man that sinneth not,) and thou be angry with them, and deliver them to the enemy, so that they carry them away captives unto the land of the enemy, far or near;
kjv@Psalms:143:2 @ And enter not into judgment with thy servant: for in thy sight shall no man living be justified.
kjv@Romans:3:12 @ They are all gone out of the way, they are together become unprofitable; there is none that doeth good, no, not one.
kjv@1John:1:8 @ If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.
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