A ''sin'' is something which is not necessary.
A large part of mankind is angry not with the sins, but with the sinners.
A private sin is not so prejudicial in this world, as a public indecency.
A sin confessed is half forgiven.
After the first blush of sin comes its indifference.
All sins cast long shadows.
All sins have their origin in a sense of inferiority otherwise called ambition.
All sins tend to be addictive, and the terminal point of addiction is damnation.
But if you do not do what is right, sin is crouching at your door. It desires to have you, but you must master it. [Genesis 4:7]
But if you will not do so, behold, you have sinned against the Lord, and be sure your sin will find you out. [Numbers 32:23]
Christ didn't waste his time trying to change the social order. Christ spent all his time fighting sin. Therefore it behooves the witnesses of Christ to say that we do not have to abolish capitalism and establish socialism or communism, that sin can flourish under those systems as well. Christianity is not opposed to any social order, but to sin.
Commit a sin twice and it will not seem a crime.
Everything that used to be a sin, is now a disease.
Few love to hear the sins they love to act.
For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God. [Romans 3:23]
For God's sake, if you sin, take pleasure in it, and do it for the pleasure…
For the sin they do by two and two they must pay for one by one.
God does not treat us as our sins deserve, man treats us as our sins deserve.
God's plan made a hopeful beginning. But man spoiled his chances by sinning. We trust that the story will end in God's glory. But, at present, the other side's winning.
Had I not sinned what would there be for you to pardon. My fate has given you the opportunity for mercy.