| SIN - Essence | 罪惡 - 本質 |
| Sin defiles man and defies God. Billy Graham 罪惡玷污人也公然違抗上帝。 |
| There is not such thing as a
little sin because there is no such person as a little God to sin against. Billy Graham 根本沒有所謂的小罪，因為罪惡對抗的不是甚麼「小」神。 |
| Sin is not only an offence which needs forgiving, it
is a pollution which needs cleansing. Eric Alexander 罪惡不單是需要被赦免的過錯，也是個該潔淨的污染。 |
| Sin is man's declaration of
independence of God. Billy Graham 罪惡是人宣告從上帝獨立出來。 |
| Sin is God's would-be murderer. C. S. Lewis 罪是企圖殺死上帝的兇手。 |
| Sin is so big that it takes
a Christ with a cross to measure it.， Billy Graham 罪惡如此巨大，唯有帶著十字架的基督才能衡量它。 |
| Any departure by man from what he knows he ought to
do, however small his offence may be, slaps the very face of God. Saphir R. Athyal 無論一個人的過犯多麼微小，任何偏離他所知應為之事物的行為，都是在公然冒犯上帝。 |
| It is of the heart of sin
that men use what they ought to enjoy and enjoy what they ought to use. Augustine 罪惡的核心在於，人們本該享受的事物，卻拿來利用；本該利用的事物，卻拿來享受。 |
| Sin is the refusal of divine lordship and
disobedience to God's will. Samuel A. Benetreau 罪就是拒絕上帝的主權及不順服上帝的旨意。 |
| A will to sin is sin in
God's account. Thomas Brooks 想犯罪的念頭在上帝眼中算為罪。 |
| Sin is the dare of God's justice, the rape of his
mercy, the jeer of his patience, the slight of his power and the contempt of his love. John Bunyan 罪是對上帝公義的挑戰、對祂憐憫的蹂躪、對祂忍耐的嘲弄、對祂能力的輕蔑以及對祂慈愛的鄙視。 |
| Never think to find honey in
the pot when God writes poision on its cover. William Gurnall 當上帝在蓋子寫著「毒藥」時，別想在罐子裡找到蜂蜜。 |
| Forgetfulness of God is the cause of all the
wickedness of the wicked. Matthew Henry 忘記上帝是惡人之一切罪行的原因。 |
| Sin is the most unmanly
thing in God's world. You never were made for sin and selfishness. You were
made for love and obedience. John G. Holland 罪是上帝的世界中最沒有人性的東西。你受造本非是罪惡及自私的。你是受造為充滿愛心及順服的。 |
| Sin is essentially a departure from God. Martin Luther 就本質而言，罪就是離開上帝。 |
| Sin is that abominable thing
which God hates. Thomas V. Moore 罪是上帝所憎惡的事情。 |
| Sin is a clenched fist and a blow in the face of
God. Joseph Parker 罪就是在上帝的臉上掄起拳頭、咆哮挑釁。 |
| All sin is a lie. By
it we attempt to cheat God; by it we actually cheat our souls. William S. Plumer 所有的罪都是謊言。藉此我們意圖欺騙上帝；事實上，我們是欺騙自己的靈魂。 |
| If sin had its way it would both dethrone and
annihilate God. William S. Plumer 如果罪能隨心所欲，它會貶抑並消滅上帝。 |
| Sin is God's one
intolerance. E. E. Sangster 罪是一件上帝不能容忍的事情。 |
| Sin is a self-coronation. Vincent Taylor 罪就是自我加冕。 |
| We hate sin not merely
because its consequences are disastrous, or its forms repugnant to our tastes and
sensibilities, but because it is a reflection upon God. J. H. Thornwell 我們恨惡罪不只是因為它的結果會招災惹禍，或者對我們喜好及感覺的厭惡，而是因為它是對上帝的非難。 |
| Sin is basically an act of morally folly, and the
greater the folly, the greater the fool. A. W. Tozer 基本上，罪是荒唐的道德行為，越是荒唐就越是愚蠢。 |
| Sin is a little word with
only three letters, but the biggest is I. Arthur Skevington Wood 罪是只有三個英文字母小字，但但卻包含一個最大的「我（I）」。 |