{"id":6336,"date":"2025-03-09T13:05:39","date_gmt":"2025-03-09T13:05:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/?p=6336"},"modified":"2026-09-21T14:51:14","modified_gmt":"2026-09-21T14:51:14","slug":"is-being-depressed-a-sin-what-does-the-bible-say-about-depression","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/ja\/learn\/is-being-depressed-a-sin-what-does-the-bible-say-about-depression\/","title":{"rendered":"\u3046\u3064\u75c5\u306f\u7f6a\u304b\uff1f\u3044\u3044\u3048\uff1a\u3046\u3064\u75c5\u306b\u3064\u3044\u3066\u8056\u66f8\u304c\u8a9e\u308b\u3053\u3068"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"cppw-protected cppw-protected--overlay\"><div class=\"cppw-excerpt cppw-excerpt--overlay\"><p>No. The Bible never calls depression a sin. Elijah asked God to take his life (1 Kings 19:4), the psalmists wrote laments such as Psalms 42 and 88, and Jesus said in Gethsemane, &quot;My soul is very sorrowful, even to death&quot; (Matthew 26:38). Catholic, Orthodox and major Protestant bodies treat depression as an illness. Is depression a sin? Scripture has no word for the medical condition, and none of the New Testament&#039;s lists of sins includes sadness or despondency (for\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\t\t<div class=\"cppw-paywall paywp-paywall\" data-required-level=\"25\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"cppw-lock-mark\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t<h2>Continue reading with a subscription<\/h2>\n\t\t\t<p>Get unlimited access to all our premium content and exclusive features.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cppw-paywall__actions\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-button wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/ja\/become-a-member\/\">Subscribe now<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-login-link\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/ja\/login\/\">Already a subscriber? Sign in<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<p class=\"cppw-paywall__microcopy\">Enjoy unlimited access, cancel anytime.<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>No. The Bible never calls depression a sin. Elijah, the psalmists and Jesus in Gethsemane voice deep anguish, and the churches treat depression as an illness.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":104240,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[36],"tags":[],"series":[],"class_list":["post-6336","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bible-study"],"mb":[],"acf":[],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":5810,"url":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/ja\/learn\/bible-study-what-is-sin-definition-consequences-spiritual-perspectives\/","url_meta":{"origin":6336,"position":0},"title":"What Is Sin? 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