| DEPRAVITY See also: Guilt; Man- a sinner; Sin; Sinful Nature | 墮落 |
| An unconverted person is deliberately off course. 一個沒有歸主的人當然會自然而然的偏離正路。 |
| We are born in sin and spend
our lives coping with the consequences. 我們在罪中出生，終其一生都在不斷複製罪惡的後果。 |
| We all come from the same mould - and some of us are
mouldier than others! 我們都出自同一個模子—只不過有些人比別人還糟糕。 |
| At the Fall, man's natural
gifts were corrupted through sin, while his supernatural gifts were entirely lost. Augustine 在人類墮落的時候，人自然的恩賜因著罪而敗壞，而他的超自然恩賜則喪失殆盡。 |
| There is the seed of all sins - of the vilest and
worst of sins - in the best of men. Thomas Brooks 在人類至善之處撒滿一切罪惡的種子，就是最卑鄙、最糟糕的罪。 |
| Man naturally is apt to
crown anything but Christ. Thomas Brooks 人類天性就容易給任何東西戴上王冠，就是不給基督戴上王冠。 |
| Our corrupted hearts are the factories of the devil. Thomas Browne 我們敗壞的心正是魔鬼的工廠。 |
| When I look into my heart,
and take a view of my wickedness, it looks like an abyss infinitely deeper than hell. Jonathan Edwards 當我看著自己的內心，看一眼我的邪惡，它看起來就像是地獄的無底深淵。 |
| As we get to know ourselves better we always find
ourselves to be more depraved than we thought. Francois Fenelon 當我越加認識自己，我們經常發現自己比想像的還敗壞。 |
| Grace does not run in the
blood, but corruption does. A sinner begets a sinner, but a saint does not beget a
saint. Matthew Henry 我們血液中流的不是恩典而是敗壞。一個罪人能生出罪人，但聖人卻生不出聖人。 |
| Man was born and lives in sin. He cannot do
anything for himself but can only do harm to himself. Soren Kierkegaard 人在罪中出生，也活在罪中。他除了傷害自己以外別的都做不了。 |
| Original sin is in us, like
the beard. We are shaved today and look clean, and have a smooth chin; tomorrow our
beard has grown again, nor does it cease growing while we remain on earth. In like
manner original sin cannot be extirpated from us; it springs up in us as long as we live. Martin Luther 原罪在我們裡頭就鬍鬚一樣。我們今天刮乾淨鬍鬚，有個光滑的下巴；明天鬍鬚還是會長出來，當我們活在世上，它就會不停的長著。原罪就像是我們的氣質，是不可能除去的，因為在有生之日，它出自我們內心。 |
| Man's deepest problems lie within himself. Richard Sibbes 人類罪深沈的問題蘊藏在他內心之中。 |
| If God were not omniscient
(the human heart) would deceive him. William S. Plumer 如果上帝不是無所不知，人心都會騙過上帝。 |
| It is in our hearts that the evil lies, and it is
from our hearts that it must be plucked out. Bertrand Russell 罪惡是在我們內心之中，因此若要除去罪惡就必須從內心中拔除。 |
| There never yet was a mother
who taught her child to be an infidel. Henry W. Shaw 從來就沒有一位母親會教她的孩子成為一個無神論者。 |
| Alas! Our heart is our greatest enemy. C. H. Spurgeon 唉呀！原來我的心是我最大的敵人。 |
| Man is a double-dyed
villain. He is corrupted by nature and afterwards by practice. Augustus H. Strong 人是染了兩遍的惡人，一次是本性的敗壞，後來則是行為的敗壞。 |
| Depravity is the great hindrance to faith,
but...grace is God's way of overcoming the hindrance. Malcolm Watts 敗壞的人心是信心最大的障礙，但是恩典是上帝克服這障礙的途徑。 |