Quotes about Sin
Despair has been called the unforgivable sin-not presumably because God refuses to forgive it, but because it despairs of the possibility of being forgiven.
— Frederick Buechner
When God saves us through Christ, He not only saves us from the penalty of sin, but also from its dominion.
— Jerry Bridges
As we grow in holiness, we grow in hatred of sin; and God, being infinitely holy, has an infinite hatred of sin.
— Jerry Bridges
the whole Pelagian poison of free-will ... a clear exaltation of the old idol free-will into the throne of God ... That the decaying estate of Christianity have invented.
— John Owen
God condemned sin in Christ, so that holiness might appear in us.
— John Stott
Though sin may be in the Christian, yet it hath no more dominion over him; he hath an unfeigned respect to all God's commandments, making conscience even of little sins and little duties.
— Joseph Alleine
For in the Third Showing when I saw that God does all that is done, I saw no sin: and then I saw that all is well. But when God showed me for sin, then said He: All SHALL be well.
— Julian of Norwich
Sin has a way of shrinking God down and puffing ourselves up.
— Louie Giglio
Our sin is what separates us from God, but it's our self righteousness that keeps us from running to Him for the grace He willingly gives to all who come.
— Paul David Tripp
It is because of the hasty and superficial conversation with God that the sense of sin is so weak and that no motives have power to help you to hate and flee from sin as you should.
— AW Tozer
He who looks sinward has his back to God-he who looks Godward has his back to sin.
— Charles Spurgeon
When you desire to be most alive to God, you will generally find sin most alive to repel you.
— Charles Spurgeon