Sentence examples for bear sin from inspiring English sources

Nonetheless, the Bible recognizes the need to rebuke improper behavior, as we see from Leviticus 19 17: "You shall rebuke, yes rebuke, your fellow, and not bear sin because of him (or her)." Rebukes are permitted when innocent people will suffer if nothing is said and when there is some reason to believe that one's words will change or help to change the behavior involved.

He can do this because He bore sin in His body on the cross (1 Peter. 2 24), so that those who trust in Him would be saved.

Or else, the entire Muslim community will bear the sin.

And now, if You will but bear his sin - Or, if not, erase me.

Just as an animal sacrifice bore the sin of the people, so Jesus bore the sin of humanity.

Heb 9: 27-28 And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment: So Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many; and unto them that look for him shall he appear the second time without sin unto salvation.

"We tell the regime: stop your massacres of Sunni people or you will bear the sins of the Alawites.

Following are excerpts translated by The New York Times from today's Homily by Pope John Paul II asking forgiveness for the Church, as well as excerpts from prayers after the homily, as translated by the Vatican: The Homily... Before Christ, who for love bore our sins, we are all invited to a deep examination of conscience.

Bryan's own explanation was brief: "I have borne the sins of Grover Cleveland".

I bore the sins of my offenders, as Ralph Griffiths defined the word in 1750 when it started to grow in regular use.

It's only because He endured unimaginable pain that wracked His body and bore the sins of the world that He burdened -- that burdened His soul that we are able to proclaim, "He is Risen!" So the struggle to fathom that unfathomable sacrifice makes Easter all the more meaningful to all of us.