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Sins against God
Examples: These struggles directly affect worship, trust, reverence, obedience, and love toward God.
Related passages: Exodus 20; Matthew 22:37; Romans 1; Revelation 3:15–16
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Sins of the heart
Examples: These are inner attitudes, desires, motives, and hidden conditions that can produce visible sin.
Related passages: Mark 7:21–23; Galatians 5:19–21; Ephesians 4:31–32
Examples: These struggles involve words, tone, communication, truthfulness, and how speech affects others.
Related passages: Proverbs 6:16–19; James 3; Ephesians 4:29; Colossians 3:8–9
Examples: These struggles involve sexual desire, purity, faithfulness, self-control, and the treatment of others.
Related passages: Matthew 5:27–30; 1 Corinthians 6:18–20; 1 Thessalonians 4:3–5
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Sins in relationships
Examples: These struggles harm family, friendship, community, reconciliation, mercy, and love for neighbor.
Related passages: Matthew 5:21–24; Romans 12:17–21; Ephesians 4:26–32
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Sins of discipline and stewardship
Examples: These struggles involve self-control, responsibility, body, time, resources, habits, and duties.
Related passages: Proverbs 6:6–11; Proverbs 13:4; 1 Corinthians 6:12; Ephesians 5:15–18
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Sins of injustice and oppression
Examples: These struggles involve unfairness, exploitation, corruption, cruelty, violence, and lack of mercy.
Related passages: Micah 6:8; Isaiah 1:17; Amos 5:11–24; James 2:1–9
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Sins connected to faith and obedience
Examples: These struggles involve trust, courage, repentance, conviction, obedience, correction, and walking in the light.
Related passages: John 3:19–21; Hebrews 3:12–13; James 4:17