Bible Verses about “living in sin”
The Bible contains 48 verses about living in sin across both Old and New Testaments. These scriptures offer guidance and inspiration for your spiritual journey.
“What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost [which is] in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own?”
“For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God's.”
“Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told [you] in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.”
“There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God [is] faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear [it].”
“Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are [these]; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness,”
“Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies,”
“And whatsoever ye do, do [it] heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men;”
“¶ Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind,”
“Flee fornication. Every sin that a man doeth is without the body; but he that committeth fornication sinneth against his own body.”
“Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God.”
“And such were some of you: but ye are washed, but ye are sanctified, but ye are justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, and by the Spirit of our God.”
“Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom; teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord.”
“Knowing that of the Lord ye shall receive the reward of the inheritance: for ye serve the Lord Christ.”
“And whatsoever ye do in word or deed, [do] all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God and the Father by him.”
“Husbands, love [your] wives, and be not bitter against them.”
“Fathers, provoke not your children [to anger], lest they be discouraged.”
“Forbearing one another, and forgiving one another, if any man have a quarrel against any: even as Christ forgave you, so also [do] ye.”
“¶ But now ye also put off all these; anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, filthy communication out of your mouth.”
“[This] I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh.”
“Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth.”
“Children, obey [your] parents in all things: for this is well pleasing unto the Lord.”
“For if we sin wilfully after that we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more sacrifice for sins,”
“¶ Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry:”
“¶ Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, longsuffering;”
“And above all these things [put on] charity, which is the bond of perfectness.”
“Because the carnal mind [is] enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be.”
“Lie not one to another, seeing that ye have put off the old man with his deeds;”
“Where there is neither Greek nor Jew, circumcision nor uncircumcision, Barbarian, Scythian, bond [nor] free: but Christ [is] all, and in all.”
“And have put on the new [man], which is renewed in knowledge after the image of him that created him:”
“And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to the which also ye are called in one body; and be ye thankful.”
“For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh: and these are contrary the one to the other: so that ye cannot do the things that ye would.”
“¶ Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as it is fit in the Lord.”
“¶ Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also the law: for sin is the transgression of the law.”
“But if ye be led of the Spirit, ye are not under the law.”
“But he that doeth wrong shall receive for the wrong which he hath done: and there is no respect of persons.”
“¶ If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God.”
“For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God.”
“When Christ, [who is] our life, shall appear, then shall ye also appear with him in glory.”
“Servants, obey in all things [your] masters according to the flesh; not with eyeservice, as menpleasers; but in singleness of heart, fearing God:”
“He that committeth sin is of the devil; for the devil sinneth from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil.”
“For which things' sake the wrath of God cometh on the children of disobedience:”
“In the which ye also walked some time, when ye lived in them.”
“Whosoever is born of God doth not commit sin; for his seed remaineth in him: and he cannot sin, because he is born of God.”
“Whosoever abideth in him sinneth not: whosoever sinneth hath not seen him, neither known him.”
“Little children, let no man deceive you: he that doeth righteousness is righteous, even as he is righteous.”
“And ye know that he was manifested to take away our sins; and in him is no sin.”
“God forbid. How shall we, that are dead to sin, live any longer therein?”
“¶ What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin, that grace may abound?”