willful sin

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

⁴Everyone who commits a sin, also commits iniquity. For sin is iniquity. ⁵And you know that he appeared in order that he might take away our sins. For in him there is no sin. ⁶Everyone who abides in him does not sin. For whoever sins has not seen him, and has not known him. ⁷Little sons, let no one deceive you. Whoever does justice is just, even as he also is just. ⁸Whoever commits sin is of the devil. For the devil sins from the beginning. For this reason, the Son of God appeared, so that he might eradicate the works of the devil. ⁹All those who have been born of God do not commit sin. For the offspring of God abides in them, and he is not able to sin, because he was born of God.

¹⁷Therefore, he who knows that he ought to do a good thing, and does not do it, for him it is a sin.

¹⁶So then, I say: Walk in the spirit, and you will not fulfill the desires of the flesh.

¹⁷All that is iniquity is sin. But there is a sin unto death.

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.

¹³Temptation should not take hold of you, except what is human. For God is faithful, and he will not permit you to be tempted beyond your ability. Instead, he will effect his Providence, even during temptation, so that you may be able to bear it.

¹²Blessed is the man who suffers temptation. For when he has been proven, he shall receive the crown of life which God has promised to those who love him.

²⁴For those who are Christ’s have crucified their flesh, along with its vices and desires.

⁴Everyone who commits a sin, also commits iniquity. For sin is iniquity.

⁷Therefore, be subject to God. But resist the devil, and he will flee from you.

¹⁶Do you not know to whom you are offering yourselves as servants under obedience? You are the servants of whomever you obey: whether of sin, unto death, or of obedience, unto justice.

¹⁵Consider what I have set forth in your sight this day, life and good, or, on the opposite side, death and evil, ¹⁶so that you may love the Lord your God, and walk in his ways, and keep his commandments and ceremonies and judgments, and so that you may live, and he may multiply you and bless you in the land, which you shall enter in order to possess.

²⁷But if one soul will have sinned by not knowing, he shall offer a one-year-old she-goat for his sin. ²⁸And the priest shall pray for him, because he sinned unknowingly before the Lord. And he shall obtain pardon for him, and it will be forgiven him. ²⁹One law shall be for all who sin by ignorance, as much for natives as for newcomers. ³⁰Yet truly, the soul who commits any of these acts through arrogance, whether he is a citizen or a sojourner, because he has rebelled against the Lord, shall perish from among his people. ³¹For he has despised the word of the Lord, and he has nullified his precept. For this reason, he shall be destroyed, and he shall bear his iniquity.”