27 Bible Verses about The Sin Nature

to put off your old self, which belongs to your former manner of life and is corrupt through deceitful desires,

We know that our old selfwas crucified with him in order that the body of sin might be brought to nothing, so that we would no longer be enslaved to sin.

For those who live according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who live according to the Spirit set their minds on the things of the Spirit.

Do not lie to one another, seeing that you have put off the old self with its practices

Now the works of the flesh are evident: sexual immorality, impurity, sensuality, idolatry, sorcery, enmity, strife, jealousy, fits of anger, rivalries, dissensions, divisions, envy, drunkenness, orgies, and things like these. I warn you, as I warned you before, that those who do such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.

Those who are in the flesh cannot please God.

Put to death therefore what is earthly in you:sexual immorality, impurity, passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry.

When Adam had lived 130 years, he fathered a son in his own likeness, after his image, and named him Seth.

Therefore, just as sin came into the world through one man, and death through sin, and so death spread to all men because all sinned--

That which is born of the flesh is flesh, and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit. Do not marvel that I said to you, 'You must be born again.'

That which is born of the flesh is flesh, and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.

For the mind that is set on the flesh is hostile to God, for it does not submit to God's law; indeed, it cannot. Those who are in the flesh cannot please God.

Behold, I was brought forth in iniquity, and in sin did my mother conceive me.

The wicked are estranged from the womb; they go astray from birth, speaking lies.

Surely there is not a righteous man on earth who does good and never sins.

The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately sick; who can understand it?

We have all become like one who is unclean, and all our righteous deeds are like a polluted garment. We all fade like a leaf, and our iniquities, like the wind, take us away.

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

Or which one of you, if his son asks him for bread, will give him a stone? Or if he asks for a fish, will give him a serpent? If you then, who are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father who is in heaven give good things to those who ask him!

For when Gentiles, who do not have the law, by nature do what the law requires, they are a law to themselves, even though they do not have the law. They show that the work of the law is written on their hearts, while their conscience also bears witness, and their conflicting thoughts accuse or even excuse them

For I do not understand my own actions. For I do not do what I want, but I do the very thing I hate.

Now if I do what I do not want, it is no longer I who do it, but sin that dwells within me.

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

And you were dead in the trespasses and sins

For to set the mind on the flesh is death, but to set the mind on the Spirit is life and peace. For the mind that is set on the flesh is hostile to God, for it does not submit to God's law; indeed, it cannot.

The natural person does not accept the things of the Spirit of God, for they are folly to him, and he is not able to understand them because they are spiritually discerned.

Then Death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire. This is the second death, the lake of fire. And if anyone's name was not found written in the book of life, he was thrown into the lake of fire.