Not in itself. The Bible never uses the word, and it records sarcasm from Elijah (1 Kings 18:27), from Job (Job 12:2) and from Paul (1 Corinthians 4:8). What it condemns is mockery that aims to shame or wound, and the Catholic Catechism names “irony aimed at disparaging someone” as a sin. Is sarcasm a sin in the Bible? The English word is younger than the Bible. It comes through Latin from the Greek sarkasmos, a taunt or sneer, from…

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