Romans 6:21
What benefit did you then derive from doing the things of which you are now ashamed? None, for they end in death.
Matthew 16:26
For what benefit will it be to a man, if he gains the whole world and loses his higher life? What price would a man pay to buy back his life?
Luke 15:18-22
I will get up and go to my father, and say to him, "Father, I have sinned against heaven and in your opinion;
Luke 18:13
But the tax-collector stood at a distance and would not even lift his eyes to heaven, but continued to beat his breast, and say, 'O God, have mercy on me, a sinner!'
Romans 7:12-14
So the law itself is holy, and its specific commands are holy, right, and good.
Romans 7:16
But if I am always doing what I do not want to do, I agree that the law is right.
Romans 7:22
For in accordance with my better inner nature I approve God's law,
1 John 1:8-10
If we claim "We are already free from sin," we are deceiving ourselves and the truth is not in our hearts.