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Question What is sin?
Answer Sin is any want of conformity unto, or transgression of, the law of God. 1
[1] 1 John 3:4

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Doth sin suppose a law?
Yes.

For where no law is there is no transgression,
Romans 4:15

Is sin the breach of law?
Yes.

For it is the transgression of the law,
1 John 3:4

Is the omission of what the law requires sin?
Yes.

They hearkened not unto my words nor to my law,
Jeremiah 6:19

And the commission of what it forbids?
Yes.

They have trespassed against my law,
Hosea 8:1

Is sin then aggravated by a knowledge of God’s law?
Yes.

And knowest his will, being instructed out of the law,
Romans 2:18


Doth the law of God extend to our thoughts?
Yes.

He that looketh upon a woman to lust after her committeth adultery in his heart,
Matthew 5:28

And to our words?
Yes.

Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth,
Ephesians 4:29

And to our actions?
Yes.

O do not this abominable thing which I hate,
Jeremiah 44:4

And to the temper of our minds?
Yes.

Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind,
Matthew 22:37

And is every breach of the law sinful?
Yes.

For all unrighteousness is sin,
1 John 5:17

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Question What is sin?
Answer Sin is any want of conformity unto, or transgression of, any law of God, given as a rule to the reasonable creature. 1
[1] 1 John 3:4; Galatians 3:10, 12