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• Sin

  In Christianity, sin refers both to acts that transgress God's will and law and to the state of having departed from a right relationship with God. The sin that all humanity is held to have inherited from Adam is called original sin.

• Romans 5:12

  Romans 5:12 states that sin entered the world through one man, Adam, and death through sin, so that death passed upon all people. It is the principal scriptural basis for the Western church's doctrine of original sin. Eastern, Western, and various Protestant traditions differ on how Adam's sin is passed on to his descendants.

• Hamartiology

  Hamartiology is the branch of systematic theology that deals with the nature, origin, spread, and consequences of sin. It focuses chiefly on original sin, actual sin, and the consequences of sin.

• Psalm 51:5

  David's confession, "Behold, I was shapen in iniquity; and in sin did my mother conceive me." The verse is cited as a leading Old Testament basis for the doctrine of original sin, and Christian traditions differ in how they understand the nature of the sin it describes.

• Ephesians 2:1-3

  This passage states that people, before coming to faith, were "dead" in trespasses and sins and were "by nature the children of wrath." It is frequently cited in explanations of human sin and salvation and is used as supporting evidence in discussions of original sin and free will.

• Jeremiah 17:9

  A lament declaring that the heart is deceitful above all things and desperately wicked, and asking who can know it. It is a classic verse on the sinfulness of human nature and is frequently cited in debates among denominations over original sin and the doctrine of total depravity.

• Immaculate Conception

  The Immaculate Conception is the Catholic doctrine that the Virgin Mary was preserved free from original sin from the first moment of her conception. It is distinct from the Virgin Birth, the teaching that Mary bore Jesus as a virgin.

• Pelagianism

  Pelagianism refers to the teachings of the early fifth-century monk Pelagius and his followers. It denied original sin (the doctrine that Adam's sin is passed on to all people), emphasized human free will and moral responsibility, and was condemned as heresy by several councils of the ancient church.

• Romans 5:18–19

  A passage in which Paul contrasts Adam's one trespass with Christ's one act of obedience, teaching that both condemnation and justification come to many through one man. It is frequently cited in discussions of original sin, justification, and the scope of salvation.

• Ezekiel 18:19–20

  A passage in which God declared through Ezekiel during the Babylonian exile that "the son shall not bear the iniquity of the father." It is a key text for the principle that each person is accountable for his or her own sin, and it is frequently cited in discussions of original sin and the doctrine of generational curses.

• Psalm 58:3

  A verse in Psalm 58 that indicts unjust rulers and judges and declares that the wicked go astray from birth. It is frequently cited in support of the doctrine of original sin, and interpreters debate whether it should be read as a statement about all people or as a poetic description of particular wicked individuals.

• Job 14:4

  Job 14:4 is Job's appeal to God concerning human frailty, in which he says that a "clean thing" cannot come out of an "unclean." In the Christian tradition, it is often cited as a proof text for original sin and the corruption of human nature.

• 1 Corinthians 15:20–22

  A passage in which Paul, addressing Corinthian Christians who denied the resurrection, declares that Christ has risen as "the firstfruits of them that slept" and contrasts Adam with Christ. It is frequently cited in discussions of resurrection faith, the doctrine of original sin, and the question of whom "all" refers to.

• Genesis 5:1–3

  The introduction to the genealogy that runs from Adam to Noah. It recalls the creation account in which humanity was made in the image of God and records that Adam begat Seth "in his own likeness, after his image." For this reason the passage is frequently cited in discussions of the image of God after the Fall and of original sin.

• Wilderness of Sin and Wilderness of Zin

  In the Old Testament of the New Korean Revised Version, "Sin gwangya" (Wilderness of Sin) is the name of a wilderness. In the original Hebrew, however, the name refers to two distinct places: the Wilderness of Sin (Hebrew *Sin*) near Mount Sinai, where the manna fell, and the Wilderness of Zin (Hebrew *Tsin*) near Kadesh on the southern border of Canaan.

• Fallen Angel

  A fallen angel is a spiritual being originally created by God as a good angel who rebelled against God and fell from its original place. Christian tradition generally identifies Satan and demons as fallen angels.

• Peace Offering and Propitiation (Hwamokjemul)

  Hwamokjemul (화목제물) is a term used in the New Korean Revised Version of the Bible both for the peace offering of Leviticus in the Old Testament and for Christ in the New Testament as the offering that deals with sin. The original-language words behind these two uses differ.

• Trespass Offering

  The trespass offering was one of the Old Testament sacrifices. Through the offering of a ram, it made atonement for sins that caused loss with respect to holy things or a neighbor's property, and it required the offender to repay the original value plus one-fifth.

• Old Covenant

  The Old Covenant is the name given to the covenant God made with Israel through Moses at Mount Sinai, in contrast to the New Covenant established through Jesus Christ. The term "Old Testament" derives from it.

• Psalm 25

  Psalm 25 is a prayer psalm of twenty-two verses whose superscription attributes it to David. It asks God for protection from enemies and from shame, for instruction in his ways, and for the forgiveness of sins. The Hebrew original is known as an acrostic poem that follows the order of the alphabet.