sin & repentance

2 Corinthians 12:21 — in context Paul is preparing for another visit to Corinth. His concern is not merely that some Christians have committed serious sins, but that some have continued in them without repentance. The immediate context begins in 2 Corinthians 12:19–21. Paul explains that...

When we are born into this world, we are born with sin natures, in the image of Adam, the first man God created, and the first man to sin against God. We are separate from God, unable within ourselves to be made righteous in the sight of God. We sin, by nature, and we are destined to hell. So...