5 Bible Verses about Forsaking Sin

You were taught, with regard to your former manner of life, to put off your old self, which is being corrupted by its deceitful lusts;

In him you were also circumcised with a circumcision made without hands, by putting off the body of the flesh by the circumcision of Christ;

Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight, and the sin which so easily entangles us, and let us run with perseverance the race that is set before us,

Beloved, I urge you as aliens and strangers to abstain from fleshly lusts which wage war against your soul.

If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just, and will forgive us our sins and cleanse us from all unrighteousness.