SIN - Power

罪惡 - 力量

Sin has two great powers; its reigns and its ruins.

罪有兩大能力;轄制與毀滅。

Sin is not a toy, it is a tyrant.

罪不是玩具而是暴君。

Sin is the strength of death and the death of strength.

罪是死亡的能力也是能力之死。

There is no sin so little as not to kindle an eternal fire.

沒有所謂的小罪是點不著永生之火的。

A man may die as well by a fly choking him as by a lion devouring him...so likewise, little sins will sink a man to hell as soon as great sin.

Daniel Cawdray

人會被一隻小蒼蠅噎死就像會被一隻猛獅吞噬一樣...同樣的,罪無分大小都能讓人墜入地獄。

How deep is the pollution of sin that nothing but the blood of Christ can cleanse it!

John Flavel

罪的污染是如此深厚,唯獨基督寶血能夠潔淨!

We must deal with the seeds of sin in our hearts.   If neglected the seeds soon become weeds.

Vance Havner

我們必須對付心中罪惡的種子。如果忽略,這種子片刻之間將長成野草。

A slight sore, neglected, may prove of fatal consequence, and so may a slight sin slighted and left unrepented of.

Matthew Henry

微不足道的疼痛,如果忽略,可能惡化成致命結果,同樣的,若忽略小罪也會讓人後悔不及。

All sin hardens the heart, stupefies the conscience and shuts out the light of truth.

William S. Plumer

所有的罪會使心剛硬、心智變得糊塗並關上真理的亮光。

Sin has digged every grave.

William S. Plumer

罪挖出每一個墓穴。

Sins begin like cobwebs, but become iron clamps.

J. C. Ryle

罪開始的時候像是蜘蛛絲,終久會變成鐵鉗。

Men hate their sins but cannot leave them.

Seneca

人們恨惡罪,因為他們無法掙脫罪。

Sin and death are an adamantine chain and link that none can sever.  Who shall separate that which God in his justice hath put together?

Richard Sibbes

罪與死是不會分離的堅固鎖鍊。誰能分開這由於上帝公義而密不可分的鎖鍊呢?

The least sin is damnable...A pistol will kill as dead as a cannon.

George Swinnock

最小的罪同樣該受譴責...手槍與大砲一樣能夠殺死人。

As a very little dust will disorder a clock, and the least grain of sand will obscure our sight, so the least grain of sin which is upon the heart will hinder its right motion toward God.

John Wesley

正如同小小塵埃會亂了鐘錶的運轉,小小的沙子會讓我們視力受損,心中小小的一點罪也會攔阻我們親近上帝的腳步。

There is in sin a commanding and a condemning power.

Thomas Watson

在罪裡頭帶著命令及譴責的力量。