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1:9, in some texts; sing. in Mark 3:29 (some mss. have
,
KJV
, “damnation”); 1 Cor.
6:18.¶
Notes:
(1) For
, rendered “sins” in the
KJV
in Eph. 1:7; 2:5; Col. 2:13 (
RV
,
“trespass”), see
TRESPASS
. In Jas. 5:16, the best texts have No. 1 (
RV
, “sins”). (2) For
synonymous terms see
DISOBEDIENCE
,
ERROR
,
FAULT
,
INIQUITY
,
TRANSGRESSION
,
UNGODLINESS
.
B. Adjective.
(
1$
, 361), “without sin” ( , negative, , euphonic, and C, No.
1), is found in John 8:7.¶ In the Sept., Deut. 29:19.¶
C. Verbs.
1.
(
2 $ 1
, 264), lit., “to miss the mark,” is used in the NT (a) of
“sinning” against God, (1) by angels, 2 Pet. 2:4; (2) by man, Matt. 27:4; Luke 15:18, 21
(heaven standing, by metonymy, for God); John 5:14; 8:11; 9:2, 3; Rom. 2:12 (twice);
3:23; 5:12, 14, 16; 6:15; 1 Cor. 7:28 (twice), 36; 15:34; Eph. 4:26; 1 Tim. 5:20; Titus
3:11; Heb. 3:17; 10:26; 1 John 1:10; in 2:1 (twice), the aorist tense in each place,
referring to an act of “sin”; on the contrary, in 3:6 (twice), 8, 9, the present tense
indicates, not the committal of an act, but the continuous practice of “sin” [see on A, No.
1 (c)]; in 5:16 (twice) the present tense indicates the condition resulting from an act,
“unto death” signifying “tending towards death”; (b) against Christ, 1 Cor. 8:12; (c)
against man, (1) a brother, Matt. 18:15,
RV
, “sin” (
KJV
, “trespass”); v. 21; Luke 17:3, 4,
RV
, “sin” (
KJV
, “trespass”); 1 Cor. 8:12; (2) in Luke 15:18, 21, against the father by the
Prodigal Son, “in thy sight” being suggestive of befitting reverence; (d) against Jewish
law, the Temple, and Caesar, Acts 25:8,
RV
, “sinned” (
KJV
, “offended”); (e) against one’s
own body, by fornication, 1 Cor. 6:18; (f) against earthly masters by servants, 1 Pet. 2:20,
RV
, “(when) ye sin (and are buffeted for it),”
KJV
, “(when ye be buffeted) for your faults,”
lit., “having sinned.”¶
2.
(
$ $ 1
, 4258), “to sin previously” ( , “before,” and No.
1), occurs in 2 Cor. 12:21; 13:2,
RV
in each place, “have sinned heretofore” (so
KJV
in the
2nd; in the 1st, “have sinned already”).¶
For
SINCE
see
†
, p. 1
SINCERE, SINCERELY, SINCERITY
A. Adjectives.
1.
(
/
, 97), “guileless, pure,” is translated “sincere” in 1 Pet. 2:2,
KJV
,
“without guile,”
RV
. See
GUILELESS
, No. 1.
2.
(
)
, 1103), “true, genuine, sincere,” is used in the neuter, as a noun,
with the article, signifying “sincerity,” 2 Cor. 8:8 (of love). See
OWN
,
TRUE
.
3.
(
*
$
)
, 1506), see
PURE
, A, No. 3.
B. Adverb.
†
Indicates that the word referred to (preposition, conjunction, or particle) is not dealt
with in this volume.