sin and the bible
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23For the wages of sin is death. But the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
4Everyone who commits a sin, also commits iniquity. For sin is iniquity.
23For all have sinned and all are in need of the glory of God.
14For all those who are led by the Spirit of God are the sons of God.
20The soul that sins, the same shall die. The son shall not bear the iniquity of the father, and the father shall not bear the iniquity of the son. The justice of the just man shall be upon himself, but the impiety of the impious man shall be upon himself.
11But if the Spirit of him who raised up Jesus from the dead lives within you, then he who raised up Jesus Christ from the dead shall also enliven your mortal bodies, by means of his Spirit living within you.
6Seek the Lord, while he is able to be found. Call upon him, while he is near. 7Let the impious one abandon his way, and the iniquitous man his thoughts, and let him return to the Lord, and he will take pity on him, and to our God, for he is great in forgiveness. 8For my thoughts are not your thoughts, and your ways are not my ways, says the Lord.
4Whoever claims that he knows him, and yet does not keep his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him.
27And in the same manner as it has been appointed for men to die one time, and after this, to be judged,
1Behold, the hand of the Lord has not been shortened, so that it cannot save, and his ear has not been blocked, so that it cannot hear. 2But your iniquities have made a division between you and your God, and your sins have concealed his face from you, so that he would not hear.
17So then, to the King of ages, to the immortal, invisible, solitary God, be honor and glory forever and ever. Amen.
37Then, on the last great day of the feast, Jesus was standing and crying out, saying: “If anyone thirsts, let him come to me and drink: 38whoever believes in me, just as Scripture says, ‘From his chest shall flow rivers of living water.’ ” 39Now he said this about the Spirit, which those who believe in him would soon be receiving. For the Spirit had not yet been given, because Jesus had not yet been glorified.
38Yet truly, Peter said to them: “Do penance; and be baptized, each one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ, for the remission of your sins. And you shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.
4Behold, all souls are mine. Just as the soul of the father is mine, so also is the soul of the son. The soul that sins, the same shall die.