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The term "sinful" refers to actions, thoughts, or behaviors that are contrary to the will and laws of God as revealed in the Bible. Sinfulness is a condition inherent in human nature due to the Fall of Man, as described in Genesis 3. The concept of sin is central to Christian theology, emphasizing the need for redemption and salvation through Jesus Christ.

Biblical Understanding of Sinfulness

Sinfulness is first introduced in the Bible with the disobedience of Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden. This original sin brought about a separation between humanity and God, as seen in Genesis 3:6-7: "When the woman saw that the tree was good for food and pleasing to the eyes, and that it was desirable for obtaining wisdom, she took the fruit and ate it. She also gave some to her husband, who was with her, and he ate it. Then the eyes of both of them were opened, and they knew that they were naked; so they sewed together fig leaves and made coverings for themselves."

The Apostle Paul elaborates on the sinful nature of humanity in Romans 3:23, stating, "for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God." This verse underscores the universality of sin and the inherent sinful nature of all people.

Manifestations of Sinfulness

Sinfulness manifests in various forms, including but not limited to idolatry, immorality, greed, and deceit. The Bible provides numerous examples of sinful behavior, such as the idolatry of the Israelites in Exodus 32:1-6, where they fashioned a golden calf to worship, and the immorality of Sodom and Gomorrah in Genesis 19.

The New Testament further addresses sinful behaviors in passages like Galatians 5:19-21, which lists "the works of the flesh" as "sexual immorality, impurity, debauchery, idolatry, sorcery, hatred, discord, jealousy, rage, rivalries, divisions, factions, and envy; drunkenness, carousing, and the like."

Consequences of Sinfulness

The Bible teaches that sinfulness leads to spiritual death and eternal separation from God. Romans 6:23 warns, "For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord." This verse highlights the dire consequences of sin but also points to the hope of redemption through Jesus Christ.

In the Old Testament, the consequences of sin are often immediate and severe, as seen in the punishment of the Israelites for their disobedience (Numbers 14:20-23) and the exile of Judah and Israel due to persistent sinfulness (2 Kings 17:7-23).

Redemption from Sinfulness

Despite the pervasive nature of sin, the Bible offers a message of hope and redemption. The sacrificial death and resurrection of Jesus Christ provide the means for forgiveness and reconciliation with God. 1 John 1:9 assures believers, "If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness."

The call to repentance and faith in Jesus Christ is central to overcoming sinfulness. Acts 3:19 urges, "Repent, then, and turn back, so that your sins may be wiped away."

Living a Life Free from Sinfulness

Believers are encouraged to live a life that reflects their new identity in Christ, striving to overcome sinfulness through the power of the Holy Spirit. Romans 12:2 advises, "Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to discern what is the good, pleasing, and perfect will of God."

The pursuit of holiness and righteousness is a lifelong journey, as believers seek to align their lives with God's will and resist the temptations of sin. Ephesians 4:22-24 instructs, "to put off your former way of life, your old self, which is being corrupted by its deceitful desires; to be renewed in the spirit of your minds; and to put on the new self, created to be like God in true righteousness and holiness."

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

(a.) Tainted with, or full of, sin; wicked; iniquitous; criminal; unholy; as, sinful men; sinful thoughts.

Greek

268. hamartolos -- sinful
... sinful. Part of Speech: Adjective Transliteration: hamartolos Phonetic Spelling:
(ham-ar-to-los') Short Definition: sinning, sinful, a sinner Definition: sinning ...
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266. hamartia -- a sin, failure
... ham-ar-tee'-ah) Short Definition: a sin Definition: prop: missing the mark; hence:
(a) guilt, sin, (b) a fault, failure (in an ethical sense), sinful deed. ...
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185. akeraios -- unmixed, pure
... 185 (an adjective, derived from 1 "not" and 2767 , "mingled") -- properly, not mixed
(mingled); a because not tainted by sinful motives (ambitions); pure ...
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213. alazon -- vagabond, hence an impostor, boaster
... listeners. [As a masculine noun, 213 () tends to focus on the of the empty
boasting, ie the sinful arrogance that drives it.]. Word ...
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459. anomos -- lawless, without law
... lawless, without law. Part of Speech: Adjective Transliteration: anomos Phonetic
Spelling: (an'-om-os) Short Definition: lawless, sinful, illegal Definition ...
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3309. merimnao -- to be anxious, to care for
... opposite directions; "divided into parts" (AT Robertson); (figuratively) "to go
to pieces" because (in different directions), like the force exerted by sinful ...
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Strong's Hebrew

2400. chatta -- sinful, sinners
... 2399, 2400. chatta. 2401 . sinful, sinners. Transliteration: chatta Phonetic
Spelling: (khat-taw') Short Definition: sinners. ... offender, sinful, sinner. ...
/hebrew/2400.htm - 6k

2403a. chattaah -- sinful thing, sin
... sinful thing, sin. Transliteration: chattaah Short Definition: sin. Word Origin
from chata Definition sinful thing, sin NASB Word Usage sin (2). 2403, 2403a. ...
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2403. chatta'ah -- sinful thing, sin
chatta'ah. 2402, 2403. chatta'ah. 2403a . sinful thing, sin. Transliteration:
chatta'ah Phonetic Spelling: (khat-taw-aw') Short Definition: sin. ...
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2403b. chattath -- sin, sin offering
... NASB Word Usage offering for the sin (1), punishment (3), purification from sin
(2), sin (93), sin offering (117), sin offerings (2), sinful (1), sinned (1 ...
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2398. chata -- to miss, go wrong, sin
... sin (1), purify (6), purify him from uncleanness (1), purify himself from uncleanness
(2), reach (1), sin (55), sin have i committed (1), sinful (1), sinned (87 ...
/hebrew/2398.htm - 6k

Library

On the Sinful Woman.
... On the Sinful Woman. 1. Hear and ... is God. To the sinful woman He forgave her
offences; yea, He upheld her when she was afflicted. With ...
/.../ephraim/hymns and homilies of ephraim the syrian/on the sinful woman.htm

Whether the Mass of a Sinful Priest is of Less Worth than the Mass ...
... OF THE MINISTER OF THIS SACRAMENT (TEN ARTICLES) Whether the mass of a sinful
priest is of less worth than the mass of a good priest? ...
//christianbookshelf.org/aquinas/summa theologica/whether the mass of a.htm

Whether all Perjury is Sinful?
... OF PERJURY (FOUR ARTICLES) Whether all perjury is sinful? Objection 1: It would
seem that not all perjury is sinful. ... Therefore not all perjury is sinful. ...
/.../aquinas/summa theologica/whether all perjury is sinful.htm

Whether a Human Action is Right or Sinful, in So Far as it is Good ...
... OF THE CONSEQUENCES OF HUMAN ACTIONS BY REASON OF THEIR GOODNESS AND MALICE (FOUR
ARTICLES) Whether a human action is right or sinful, in so far as it is good ...
/.../christianbookshelf.org/aquinas/summa theologica/whether a human action is 3.htm

On the Vocation of Sinful Men to Christ, and to a Participation of ...
... DISPUTATION XLII ON THE VOCATION OF SINFUL MEN TO CHRIST, AND TO A
PARTICIPATION OF SALVATION IN HIM. The vocation or calling to ...
/.../arminius/the works of james arminius vol 2/disputation xlii on the vocation.htm

In Every Sinful Man and Woman that is Bound in Deadly Sin...
... CHAPTER I. In every sinful man and woman that is bound in deadly sin?
In every sinful man and woman that is bound in deadly sin ...
/.../chapter i in every sinful.htm

Whether it is Always Sinful to Wage War?
... OF WAR (FOUR ARTICLES) Whether it is always sinful to wage war? Objection
1: It would seem that it is always sinful to wage war. ...
/.../christianbookshelf.org/aquinas/summa theologica/whether it is always sinful.htm

O Judge of All, when Sinful Men
... JUDGMENT O Judge of all, when sinful men. 8,8,8,4 tr., John Brownlie. I. O Judge
of all, when sinful men. To Thy dire judgment seat are brought,". ...
//christianbookshelf.org/brownlie/hymns from the east/o judge of all when.htm

Whether the Marriage Act is Always Sinful?
... MATRIMONY (QQ -67) Whether the marriage act is always sinful? Objection 1: It would
seem that the marriage act is always sinful. ... Therefore it is always sinful. ...
/.../christianbookshelf.org/aquinas/summa theologica/whether the marriage act is.htm

Thou Saviour of Our Sinful Race,
... PENITENCE AND LOVE Thou Saviour of our sinful race,. tr., John Brownlie 8,8,8,8.
I. Thou Saviour of our sinful race,. We sing the fulness of Thy grace; ...
/.../brownlie/hymns from the morningland/thou saviour of our sinful.htm

Thesaurus

Sinful (61 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary (a.) Tainted with, or full of, sin; wicked; iniquitous;
criminal; unholy; as, sinful men; sinful thoughts. ...Sinful (61 Occurrences). ...
/s/sinful.htm - 23k

Lust (42 Occurrences)
... Easton's Bible Dictionary Sinful longing; the inward sin which leads to
the falling away from God (Romans 1:21). "Lust, the origin ...
/l/lust.htm - 24k

Wrath (503 Occurrences)
... measure of that love (compare Jeremiah 10:24 Ezekiel 23 Amos 3:2). 2. Human Wrath:
Wrath, when used of man, is the exhibition of an enraged sinful nature and ...
/w/wrath.htm - 50k

Providence (3 Occurrences)
... It extends also to the free actions of men (Exodus 12:36; 1 Samuel 24:9-15; Psalm
33:14, 15; Proverbs 16:1; 19:21; 20:24; 21:1), and things sinful (2 Samuel 16 ...
/p/providence.htm - 44k

Natural (49 Occurrences)
... He has reference to that sinful nature in man which is as old as the individual,
as old as the race of which he is a member, which must be graciously renovated ...
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Nature (80 Occurrences)
... Romans 6:6 This we know--that our old self was nailed to the cross with Him, in
order that our sinful nature might be deprived of its power, so that we should ...
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Natures (12 Occurrences)
... Romans 7:5 For whilst we were under the thraldom of our earthly natures, sinful
passions-- made sinful by the Law--were always being aroused to action in our ...
/n/natures.htm - 10k

Whilst (21 Occurrences)
... Romans 7:5 For whilst we were under the thraldom of our earthly natures, sinful
passions-- made sinful by the Law--were always being aroused to action in our ...
/w/whilst.htm - 12k

Wealthy (22 Occurrences)
... chayil, nekhacim; euporia, "to possess riches," "to be in a position of ease" (Jeremiah
49:31)): The possession of wealth is not regarded as sinful, but, on ...
/w/wealthy.htm - 17k

Wealth (340 Occurrences)
... chayil, nekhacim; euporia, "to possess riches," "to be in a position of ease" (Jeremiah
49:31)): The possession of wealth is not regarded as sinful, but, on ...
/w/wealth.htm - 40k

Resources

What does it mean that Jesus came in the likeness of sinful flesh? | GotQuestions.org

What can ordinary people do about sinful religious leaders (Zephaniah 3:4)? | GotQuestions.org

How can an unmarried person relieve sexual tension in a non-sinful way? | GotQuestions.org

Sinful: Dictionary and Thesaurus | Clyx.com

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Sinful (61 Occurrences)

Matthew 26:45
Then He came to the disciples and said, "Sleep on and rest. See, the moment is close at hand when the Son of Man is to be betrayed into the hands of sinful men.
(WEY)

Mark 8:38
For whoever will be ashamed of me and of my words in this adulterous and sinful generation, the Son of Man also will be ashamed of him, when he comes in the glory of his Father with the holy angels."
(WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Mark 14:41
A third time He came, and then He said, "Sleep on and rest. Enough! the hour has come. Even now they are betraying the Son of Man into the hands of sinful men.
(WEY YLT)

Luke 5:8
But Simon Peter, when he saw it, fell down at Jesus' knees, saying, "Depart from me, for I am a sinful man, Lord."
(WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Luke 5:32
I am not come to call righteous persons, but sinful ones to repentance.
(DBY)

Luke 6:32
and -- if ye love those loving you, what grace have ye? for also the sinful love those loving them;
(YLT)

Luke 6:33
and if ye do good to those doing good to you, what grace have ye? for also the sinful do the same;
(YLT)

Luke 6:34
and if ye lend 'to those' of whom ye hope to receive back, what grace have ye? for also the sinful lend to sinners -- that they may receive again as much.
(YLT)

Luke 19:7
And all murmured when they saw it, saying, He has turned in to lodge with a sinful man.
(DBY YLT)

Luke 24:7
saying that the Son of Man must be delivered up into the hands of sinful men, and be crucified, and the third day rise again?"
(WEB KJV WEY ASV WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

John 9:16
Some of the Pharisees therefore said, This man is not of God, for he does not keep the sabbath. Others said, How can a sinful man perform such signs? And there was a division among them.
(DBY YLT)

John 9:24
They called therefore a second time the man who had been blind, and said to him, Give glory to God: we know that this man is sinful.
(DBY)

John 9:25
He answered therefore, If he is sinful I know not. One thing I know, that, being blind before, now I see.
(DBY)

Romans 6:6
This we know--that our old self was nailed to the cross with Him, in order that our sinful nature might be deprived of its power, so that we should no longer be the slaves of sin;
(WEY RSV)

Romans 7:5
For when we were in the flesh, the sinful passions which were through the law, worked in our members to bring forth fruit to death.
(WEB WEY ASV NAS RSV NIV)

Romans 7:7
What follows? Is the Law itself a sinful thing? No, indeed; on the contrary, unless I had been taught by the Law, I should have known nothing of sin as sin. For instance, I should not have known what covetousness is, if the Law had not repeatedly said, "Thou shalt not covet."
(WEY)

Romans 7:13
Did then that which is good become death to me? May it never be! But sin, that it might be shown to be sin, by working death to me through that which is good; that through the commandment sin might become exceeding sinful.
(WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Romans 7:18
For I know that in me, that is, in my flesh, dwells no good thing. For desire is present with me, but I don't find it doing that which is good.
(See NIV)

Romans 7:25
I thank God -- through Jesus Christ our Lord; so then, I myself indeed with the mind do serve the law of God, and with the flesh, the law of sin.
(See NIV)

Romans 8:3
For what the law couldn't do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God did, sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh and for sin, he condemned sin in the flesh;
(WEB KJV WEY ASV WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Romans 8:4
that the ordinance of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.
(See NIV)

Romans 8:6
For the mind of the flesh is death, but the mind of the Spirit is life and peace;
(See NIV)

Romans 8:8
Those who are in the flesh can't please God.
(See NIV)

Romans 8:9
But you are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if it is so that the Spirit of God dwells in you. But if any man doesn't have the Spirit of Christ, he is not his.
(See NIV)

Romans 8:12
So then, brothers, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live after the flesh.
(See NIV)

Romans 8:13
For if you live after the flesh, you must die; but if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live.
(See NIV)

Romans 13:14
But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh, for its lusts.
(See NIV)

1 Corinthians 5:5
are to deliver such a one to Satan for the destruction of the flesh, that the spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord Jesus.
(See NIV)

Galatians 5:13
For you, brothers, were called for freedom. Only don't use your freedom for gain to the flesh, but through love be servants to one another.
(See NIV)

Galatians 5:16
But I say, walk by the Spirit, and you won't fulfill the lust of the flesh.
(See NIV)

Galatians 5:17
For the flesh lusts against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh; and these are contrary to one another, that you may not do the things that you desire.
(See NIV)

Galatians 5:19
Now the works of the flesh are obvious, which are: adultery, sexual immorality, uncleanness, lustfulness,
(See NIV)

Galatians 5:24
Those who belong to Christ have crucified the flesh with its passions and lusts.
(See NIV)

Galatians 6:8
For he who sows to his own flesh will from the flesh reap corruption. But he who sows to the Spirit will from the Spirit reap eternal life.
(See NIV)

Ephesians 2:3
among whom we also all once lived in the lust of our flesh, doing the desires of the flesh and of the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, even as the rest.
(See NIV)

Colossians 2:11
In Him also you were circumcised with a circumcision not performed by hand, when you threw off your sinful nature in true Christian circumcision;
(WEY NIV)

Colossians 2:13
And you, being dead through your sins and the evil condition of your flesh, to you, I say, he gave life together with him, and forgiveness of all our sins;
(See NIV)

1 Timothy 1:9
and remembers that a law is not enacted to control a righteous man, but for the lawless and rebellious, the irreligious and sinful, the godless and profane--for those who strike their fathers or their mothers, for murderers,
(WEY DBY NIV)

Titus 3:11
having known that he hath been subverted who 'is' such, and doth sin, being self-condemned.
(See RSV NIV)

Hebrews 3:12
see to it, brethren, that there is never in any one of you--as perhaps there may be--a sinful and unbelieving heart, manifesting itself in revolt from the ever-living God.
(WEY NIV)

Hebrews 7:26
Moreover we needed just such a High Priest as this--holy, guileless, undefiled, far removed from sinful men and exalted above the heavens;
(WEY)

Hebrews 12:3
for consider again him who endured such gainsaying from the sinners to himself, that ye may not be wearied in your souls -- being faint.
(See NIV)

1 Peter 2:11
Beloved, I beg you as foreigners and pilgrims, to abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul;
(See NIV)

2 Peter 2:10
and chiefly those going behind the flesh in desire of uncleanness, and lordship despising; presumptuous, self-complacent, dignities they are not afraid to speak evil of,
(See NIV)

2 Peter 2:18
For, uttering great swelling words of emptiness, they entice in the lusts of the flesh, by licentiousness, those who are indeed escaping from those who live in error;
(See NIV)

1 John 2:16
For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, isn't the Father's, but is the world's.
(See NIV)

Numbers 32:14
"Behold, you have risen up in your fathers' place, an increase of sinful men, to augment yet the fierce anger of Yahweh toward Israel.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV)

Deuteronomy 9:21
And I took your sin, the calf which ye had made, and burnt it with fire, and beat it in pieces, grinding it very small, until it was as fine as dust; and I cast the dust thereof into the brook that descended out of the mount.--
(See NAS RSV NIV)

Psalms 36:4
He plots iniquity on his bed. He sets himself in a way that is not good. He doesn't abhor evil.
(See NIV)

Psalms 38:5
My wounds are loathsome and corrupt, because of my foolishness.
(See NIV)

Psalms 51:5
Behold, I was brought forth in iniquity, and in sin did my mother conceive me.
(See NIV)

Psalms 107:17
Foolish men, because of their sins, and because of their wrongdoing, are troubled;
(See RSV)

Proverbs 12:13
An evil man is trapped by sinfulness of lips, but the righteous shall come out of trouble.
(Root in WEB NIV)

Isaiah 1:4
Ah sinful nation, a people loaded with iniquity, a seed of evildoers, children who deal corruptly! They have forsaken Yahweh. They have despised the Holy One of Israel. They are estranged and backward.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)

Isaiah 31:7
for in that day every man shall cast away his idols of silver and his idols of gold, which your sinful hands have made unto you.
(DBY NAS RSV NIV)

Isaiah 57:17
I was quickly angry with his evil ways, and sent punishment on him, veiling my face in wrath: and he went on, turning his heart from me.
(See NIV)

Ezekiel 23:49
And they have put your wickedness on you, And the sins of your idols ye bear, And ye have known that I 'am' the Lord Jehovah!
(See RSV)

Ezekiel 37:23
Nor are they defiled any more with their idols, And with their abominations, And with any of their transgressions, And I have saved them out of all their dwellings, In which they have sinned, And I have cleansed them, And they have been to Me for a people, And I -- I am to them for God.
(See NIV)

Hosea 9:15
"All their wickedness is in Gilgal; for there I hated them. Because of the wickedness of their deeds I will drive them out of my house! I will love them no more. All their princes are rebels.
(See NIV)

Amos 9:8
Behold, the eyes of the Lord Yahweh are on the sinful kingdom, and I will destroy it from off the surface of the earth; except that I will not utterly destroy the house of Jacob," says Yahweh.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Habakkuk 2:10
Thou hast counselled a shameful thing to thy house, To cut off many peoples, and sinful 'is' thy soul.
(YLT)

Subtopics

Sinful

Sinful Thoughts

Related Terms

Lust (42 Occurrences)

Wrath (503 Occurrences)

Providence (3 Occurrences)

Natural (49 Occurrences)

Nature (80 Occurrences)

Natures (12 Occurrences)

Whilst (21 Occurrences)