Sin is:

     an abomination before God: an abomination before the Lord is the way of the wicked, but He loves him who walks in the way of righteousness (Prov. XV, 9). I have sent to you all my servants the prophets, from the early hours of the morning, to say, Do not do this abominable work which I hate. XLIV, 4);

     the fruit of lust: lust, having conceived, gives birth to sin; but the sin committed gives birth to death (James 1:15);

     the work of darkness: woe to those who think to hide themselves in the depths, that they may conceal their plan from the Lord, who do their works in darkness and say, "Who will see us?" And who will recognize us? (Isa. XXIX, 15). The night passed; and the day is at hand, let us therefore cast off the works of darkness and put on the armor of light (Rom. XIII, 12);

     The devil's work: he who commits sin is of the devil, because the devil sinned first. For this reason the Son of God appeared, to destroy the works of the devil (1 John 1:10). III, 8);

     the work of the flesh: the works of the flesh are known; they are: adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lewdness (Gal. V, 19);

     the sting of death: but the sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law (1 Cor. XV, 56).

      To live in sin means:

     to live according to the flesh: when we lived according to the flesh, then the sinful passions, revealed by the law, worked in our members to bring forth the fruit of death (Rom. VII, 5);

     to obey the lusts of the flesh: but put on our Lord Jesus Christ, and do not turn the care of the flesh into lusts (Rom. XIII, 14). - I say, walk in the Spirit, and you will not fulfill the lusts of the flesh (Gal. V, 16);

     to be in darkness: you were once darkness, but now the light is in the Lord; walk as children of light (Eph. V, 8). - If we say that we have fellowship with Him, but walk in darkness, then we lie and do not walk in the truth (1 John 1:6);

      The faithful must: