Romans 7:9

I was once alive apart from the law, but when the commandment came, sin sprang to life and I died.

1 John 1:8-10

If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.

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Summary

Yet thou sayest, Because I am innocent, surely his anger shall turn from me. Behold, I will plead with thee, because thou sayest, I have not sinned.

Because

I will

Bible References

Because

Romans 7:9
I was once alive apart from the law, but when the commandment came, sin sprang to life and I died.

I will

1 John 1:8
If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.