什么是罪?圣经的定义、类型和后果



  • 圣经称罪为“违背律法”(约翰一书 3:4),并将我们未尽的善行也视为罪(雅各书 4:17)。
  • 希伯来语动词 chata’ 本意是“错过”,而希腊语 “哈马提亚”(hamartia) 最初的意思是“偏离目标”。
  • 教会将我们从亚当那里继承的原罪与实际的罪区分开来,尽管他们对原罪的描述各不相同;东正教教导说,只有亚当和夏娃才承担其罪责。
  • 天主教将罪分为大罪和小罪,只有在涉及重大事项、完全知情并蓄意同意的情况下,罪才被视为大罪。
  • 圣经指出罪带来的后果是死亡、与上帝隔绝以及沦为罪的奴隶,并应许赦免每一个认罪悔改的人(约翰一书 1:9)。
  • 卫理公会希望在今生达到完全的成圣,而路德宗、归正宗、天主教和东正教的教义则认为信徒仍然会犯罪。

Sin is any wrong done against God: breaking his law in act, word, thought or desire, or failing to do the good he asks. The Bible’s words for it, in Hebrew and in Greek, both mean to miss a mark. Everyone sins (Romans 3:23), sin separates us from God, and God forgives those who repent. Keep that picture of a missed mark in mind. A stone can land a hand’s breadth from where it was aimed and still have missed.…

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