21 Bible Verses about The Sin Nature

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;

For this we know, that our old self was crucified with Christ, in order that the slave of sin might be destroyed; so that we should no longer be in slavery to sin??7 for he who is dead is set free from sin.

For they who live after the flesh, give their attention to the things of the flesh; But they who live after the spirit, give their attention to spiritual things.

Lie not one to another, but strip off the old self with its doings,

Now the works of the flesh are manifest; such, for instance, as fornication, impurity, indecency, idol-worship, sorcery, quarrels, party-spirit, jealousy, passionate anger, intrigues, factions, sectarianism, envy, drunkenness, revellings, and things like these. I tell you beforehand, as I have already told you, that those who practise such sins shall not inherit the kingdom of God.

And they who are earthly minded cannot please God.

So slay your baser inclinations. fornication, impurity, appetite, unnatural desires, and the greed which is idolatry.

Thus, then, sin came into the world through one man, and through sin came death and so death spread to all men, because all had sinned.

What is born of the flesh is flesh; and what is born of the Spirit is spirit. Marvel not at my telling you, 'You must all be born again from above.'

What is born of the flesh is flesh; and what is born of the Spirit is spirit.

For to be earthly minded is enmity against God; For such a mind is not subject to the Law of God, Nor can it be; And they who are earthly minded cannot please God.

If we say, "We have no sin," we are deceiving ourselves and the truth is not in us.

"What man of you is there who, when his son asks a loaf, will give him a stone? "or if his son asks for a fish, will offer him a snake? "If you then, evil as you are, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your heavenly Father give good gifts to those who ask him?

For when Gentiles, who have no law, obey by natural instinct the commands of the Law, they even though they have no law, are a law to themselves. For they show that the work of the Law is written in their hearts, while their conscience bears them witness, as their reasonings accuse, or it may be defend, them,

For what I perform I know not; what I practise is not what I intend to do, but what I detest, that I habitually do.

But if I do the very thing I do not intend to do, it is no more I who practise it, but sin which has its home in me.

"Follow me," Jesus said to him, "and leave the dead to bury their own dead."

And so God has given life to you Gentiles also, who were once dead in your trespasses and sins,

To be earthly minded means death; To be spiritually minded means life and peace. For to be earthly minded is enmity against God; For such a mind is not subject to the Law of God, Nor can it be;

The unspiritual man rejects the teachings of God's Spirit; for him it is folly. He cannot understand it, for it is spiritually discerned,

And all were judged according to their deeds. And Death and Hades were hurled into the lake of fire. This is the second death, the lake of fire. And if any one was found who was not written in the Book of Life, he was hurled into the lake of fire.