Sin Quotes

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Fire and water do not mix, neither can you mix judgment of others with the desire to repent. If a man commits a sin before… — John Climacus
For virtue is a light and buoyant thing, and all who live in her way fly like clouds as Isaiah says, and as doves with… — Gregory of Nyssa
Whenever we cover our brother's sin, God will cover ours; whenever we tell people about our brother's guilt, God will do the same about ours. — Poemen
The Lord, before His Incarnation, let mankind experience all the bitterness of sin, all their powerlessness to eradicate it; and when all longed for a… — John of Kronstadt
Even when your body does nothing, sin can be active in your mind. When your soul inwardly repulses the evil one's attack by means of… — Gregory Palamas
Besides loving each other, we must bear with each other and pardon ? 'forgive them that trespass against us' ? in order that our heavenly… — John of Kronstadt
There is One God and One Mediator between God and man, the man Jesus Christ (cf. I Tim. 2:5). For He still pleads even now… — Gregory of Nazianzus
He who thinks he lives without sin puts aside not sin, but pardon. — Saint Augustine
We ask for what reason our Lord was unwilling to state the time of His coming (cf. Mk. 13:31-32). If we ask it, we shall… — Ambrose
May you be children of God, pure and unblameable, in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation (cf. Phil. 1:15): and may you never… — Gregory of Nazianzus
We must follow the ways of the Lord, and take heed to our own ways, lest they lead us into sin. One can take heed… — Ambrose
... a Christian is quite certain to fall into the same sins which he condemns in another with merciless and inhuman severity, for 'a stern… — John Cassian
Do you conceive of your Lord as less because? He shows that humiliation is the best road to exaltation (cf. Mt. 23:12); because He humbles… — Gregory of Nazianzus
The Lord called Himself and is the 'good Shepherd' (Jn. 10:11). If you believe in His guidance, then you will understand by your heart that… — John of Kronstadt
... we grapple with this 'law of sin' (Rom. 8:2) and expel it from our body, establishing in its place the surveillance of the intellect.… — Gregory Palamas
... the Lord Jesus said, 'To those who are in bonds, Come out, and to those who are in prison, Go forth' (Isa. 49:9); so… — Ambrose
... the people who, in spite of the bonds of sin which fetter them and hinder them (by constraint and by inciting them to new… — Seraphim of Sarov
Do not make judgments, and you will travel no quicker road to the forgiveness of your sins. 'Judge not, so that you may not be… — John Climacus
Being delivered from bodily sins is not enough; we must also cleanse the inner energy which dwells in our soul. For out of our hearts… — Gregory Palamas
...night possessed us and the shadow of death encompassed us, for we had fallen into sin and lost the power of sight which was ours… — Gregory Palamas

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