repeated sin

¹⁵For I do things that I do not understand. For I do not do the good that I want to do. But the evil that I hate is what I do. ¹⁶So, when I do what I do not want to do, I am in agreement with the law, that the law is good. ¹⁷But I am then acting not according to the law, but according to the sin which lives within me. ¹⁸For I know that what is good does not live within me, that is, within my flesh. For the willingness to do good lies close to me, but the carrying out of that good, I cannot reach. ¹⁹For I do not do the good that I want to do. But instead, I do the evil that I do not want to do. ²⁰Now if I do what I am not willing to do, it is no longer I who am doing it, but the sin which lives within me.

²⁶For if we sin willingly, after receiving knowledge of the truth, there is no sacrifice remaining for sins,

³Be attentive to yourselves. If your brother has sinned against you, correct him. And if he has repented, forgive him. ⁴And if he has sinned against you seven times a day, and seven times a day has turned back to you, saying, ‘I am sorry,’ then forgive him.”

⁹If we confess our sins, then he is faithful and just, so as to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all iniquity.

¹⁹Now the works of the flesh are manifest; they are: fornication, lust, homosexuality, self-indulgence, ²⁰the serving of idols, drug use, hostility, contentiousness, jealousy, wrath, quarrels, dissensions, divisions, ²¹envy, murder, inebriation, carousing, and similar things. About these things, I continue to preach to you, as I have preached to you: that those who act in this way shall not obtain the kingdom of God.

¹⁵If you love me, keep my commandments.

¹My little sons, this I write to you, so that you may not sin. But if anyone has sinned, we have an Advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ, the Just One.

⁷I say to you, that there will be so much more joy in heaven over one sinner repenting, than over the ninety-nine just, who do not need to repent.

³⁴Jesus answered them: “Amen, amen, I say to you, that everyone who commits sin is a slave of sin.

⁷Do not choose to wander astray. God is not to be ridiculed.

¹⁶Do you not know that you are the Temple of God, and that the Spirit of God lives within you?

¹⁰So I say to you, there will be joy before the Angels of God over even one sinner who is repentant.”

⁸For by grace, you have been saved through faith. And this is not of yourselves, for it is a gift of God.

⁴For he is a minister of God for you unto good. But if you do what is evil, be afraid. For it is not without reason that he carries a sword. For he is a minister of God; an avenger to execute wrath upon whomever does evil.

⁹For if you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus, and if you believe in your heart that God has raised him up from the dead, you shall be saved.