25 Bible Verses about Participation, In Sin

the cleansing of the body is only external, but the purification of the spirit is spiritual.

he he has deduced all mankind from one parent, to inhabit the surface of the whole earth, having pre-establish'd the appointed periods, and the boundarys of their dominions:

as was the terrestrial, such are they also that are terrestrial: and as is the celestial, such also shall they be who are to be celestial. for as we have born the image of the terrestrial, so we shall bear the image of the celestial.

Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, so death by this sin; and thereby death passed upon all men, who all by his means became mortal.

the type of him that was to come: but yet the damage of the fall does not exactly correspond to the advantages of the divine favour: for tho' through the fall of one, mankind became mortal, yet this is greatly over-ballanced by the favour and bounty of God, in the benevolence of one man, Jesus Christ, to all mankind. neither is the gift, as was the fall by one sin: for the sentence of condemnation, was for one offence; but the divine favour extends to justification from a multitude of sins. for tho' death reigned thro' the single offence of one, they who receive the most valuable favour, even the gift of righteousness, shall much more easily reign by the life of one, even Jesus Christ.read more.
Therefore as by one offence all men fell under condemnation: even so by one act of righteousness, all men are restored to life. for as by one man's disobedience many receiv'd the punishment of sinners, so by the obedience of one shall many receive the reward of the righteous.

for since by man came death, by man the resurrection of the dead will likewise come. for as by Adam all die, even so by Christ shall all be restored to life.

who were not, by their own choice, expos'd to this uncertain state, but by virtue of him, who subjected them thereto: and therefore hope to be removed from this slavish condition of mortality to the free inheritance of divine glory.

of which number we all have formerly been, leading our dissolute lives in gratifying the desires of our sensual imaginations: and were indeed obnoxious to the divine displeasure, as other. Gentiles were:

for when we were in the carnal state of the law, the sinful passions of that state set our animal faculties to work in the service of death.

who knowing the divine rule of right, did not perceive that they who commit such things are worthy of death, and not only they who do the same, but they who give countenance to those that do them.

they were guilty of slaughter, and you raise monuments to their memory.

and on his knees he cried with a loud voice, "Lord, lay not this sin to their charge." and having said this, he expired.

that I was present, when the blood of thy martyr Stephen was shed, that I abetted the slaughter, and watch'd the clothes of those who slew him.

keep the persuasion you have, to your own conscience. blessed is he that approves himself to God, without making any difference about meats:

and be not accomplices in the fruitless practices of vice; on the contrary, condemn them.

consider the custom of the Jews by descent, are not they which eat of the sacrifices, partakers of the altar? what say I then? that the idol, or that what is offered in sacrifice to the idol, is a matter of consequence? no, but that what the Gentiles sacrifice, they sacrifice to demons, and not to God: and I would not have you partake of the sacrifices of demons.

but as he, who has called you, is holy: let your whole conduct be an imitation of his holiness. for it is written, "be ye holy, because I am holy."

Are you not become associates with infidels? but what affinity is there between virtue and vice? and what communication has light with darkness?

And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, come out of her, my people, that ye may not be partakers of her sins, nor share in her plagues:

The wife is bound as long as her husband lives: but if her husbnd be dead, she is at liberty to be married, if she pleases; provided it be to a christian.

wherefore come out from among them, be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you,

Don't be hasty to ordain any man: and be not accessory to the faults of others: preserve your own integrity.

Now I beseech you, brethren, mark those who cause divisions and revolts against the doctrine which you have learned; and avoid them.

When I formerly writ to you, not to keep company with the vicious: I did not mean the vicious Gentiles, the misers, the raparees, or with idolaters; for then you must have gone out of the world. but my meaning was, not to keep company with any christian known to be vicious, or covetous, or an idolater, or a railer, or a drunkard, or rapacious, no not even to eat with such a one.

and if any one should disregard what we have prescrib'd, signify it to us by letter, and don't converse with him, that he may be put to shame.