The Bible uses several words to communicate the concept of sin, such as the Hebrew words hata (“to do wrong”), awon (“iniquity”), pasha (“to rebel”), and the Greek words adikia (“unrighteous”), parabasis (“transgression”), and hamartia (“to miss the mark”). Sin is any deviation from God’s revealed will. People sin by either failing to conform to God’s standards or explicitly opposing them.1 People sin by their thoughts, attitudes, speech, or actions—either
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