5 Bible Verses about Forsaking Sin

You have learned to lay aside, with your former manner of living, the old self who was on his way to ruin, as he followed the desires which deceive;

In him also you were circumcised with a circumcision not made with hands; even in putting off your sensual nature in Christ's own circumcision,

Seeing then that we are encircled with this great cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight, and the sin that clings about us. Let us run with patience the race that is set before us,

I beseech you, beloved, as pilgrims and exiles, to abstain from passions of the flesh that war upon your souls.

But if we confess our sins, faithful is he and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all wrong-doing.