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ἁμαρτία hamartia

“sin” · 173 times in the New Testament

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  • “sin” 85
  • “sins” 72
  • “guilty of sin” 2
  • “would not be guilty of sin” 2
  • “sinful” 2
  • other ways 10
As a table, book by book
BookTimes
Matthew7
Mark6
Luke11
John17
Acts8
Romans48
1 Corinthians4
2 Corinthians3
Galatians3
Ephesians1
Colossians1
1 Thessalonians1
1 Timothy2
2 Timothy1
Hebrews25
James7
1 Peter6
2 Peter2
1 John17
Revelation3

How the BSB translates it

Each way the Berean Standard Bible puts it into English, and how often.

  1. sin85
  2. sins72
  3. guilty of sin2
  4. sin offerings2
  5. sinful2
  6. would not be guilty of sin2
  7. desire for sin is never satisfied1
  8. do not let sin reign1
  9. guilt1
  10. sin that1
  11. sinned1
  12. sins away1
  13. 2 other ways2

Where it occurs

Grouped by how it’s translated, then by book. Each reference opens the verse.

“sin” 85
  • Matthew 1

    • 12:31 …I tell you every sin and blasphemy will be…
  • John 9

    • 1:29 …who takes away the sin of the world…
    • 8:21 …will die in your sin Where I am going…
    • 8:34 …is a slave to sin
    • 8:46 …prove Me guilty of sin If I speak the…
    • 9:34 …were born in utter sin and you are instructing…
    • 15:22 …no excuse for their sin
    • 16:8 …world in regard to sin and righteousness and judgment…
    • 16:9 …in regard to sin because they do not…
    • 19:11 …is guilty of greater sin
  • Acts 1

    • 7:60 …do not hold this sin against them And when…
  • Romans 42

    • 3:9 …alike are all under sin
    • 3:20 …law merely brings awareness of sin
    • 5:12 …Therefore just as sin entered the world through…
    • 5:12 …man and death through sin so also death was…
    • 5:13 …For sin was in the world…
    • 5:13 …law was given but sin is not taken into…
    • 5:20 …would increase but where sin increased grace increased all…
    • 5:21 …so that just as sin reigned in death so…
    • 6:1 …say Shall we continue in sin so that grace may…
    • 6:2 …can we who died to sin live in it any…
    • 6:6 …so that the body of sin might be rendered powerless…
    • 6:6 …no longer be slaves to sin
    • 6:7 …has been freed from sin
    • 6:10 …He died He died to sin once for all but…
    • 6:11 …must count yourselves dead to sin but alive to God…
    • 6:13 …parts of your body to sin as instruments of wickedness…
    • 6:14 …For sin shall not be your…
    • 6:16 …whether you are slaves to sin leading to death or…
    • 6:17 …you once were slaves to sin you wholeheartedly obeyed the…
    • 6:18 …been set free from sin and have become slaves…
    • 6:20 …when you were slaves to sin you were free of…
    • 6:22 …been set free from sin and have become slaves…
    • 6:23 …For the wages of sin is death but the…
    • 7:7 …say Is the law sin Certainly not Indeed I…
    • 7:7 …have been mindful of sin if not for the…
    • 7:8 …But sin seizing its opportunity through…
    • 7:8 …apart from the law sin is dead…
    • 7:9 …when the commandment came sin sprang to life and…
    • 7:11 …For sin seizing its opportunity through…
    • 7:13 …But in order that sin might be exposed as…
    • 7:13 …might be exposed as sin it produced death in…
    • 7:13 …that through the commandment sin might become utterly sinful…
    • 7:14 …as a slave to sin
    • 7:17 …it but it is sin living in me that…
    • 7:20 …it but it is sin living in me that…
    • 7:23 …captive to the law of sin that dwells within me…
    • 7:25 …I serve the law of sin
    • 8:2 …free from the law of sin and death…
    • 8:3 …as an offering for sin He thus condemned sin…
    • 8:3 …sin He thus condemned sin in the flesh…
    • 8:10 …is dead because of sin yet your spirit is…
    • 14:23 …not from faith is sin
  • 1 Corinthians 2

    • 15:56 …sting of death is sin and the power of…
    • 15:56 …sin and the power of sin is the law…
  • 2 Corinthians 3

    • 5:21 …Him who knew no sin to be sin on…
    • 5:21 …who knew no sin to be sin on our behalf so…
    • 11:7 …Was it a sin for me to humble…
  • Galatians 2

    • 2:17 …make Christ a minister of sin Certainly not…
    • 3:22 …all things confined by sin so that by faith…
  • Hebrews 8

    • 3:13 …you may be hardened by sin’s deceitfulness…
    • 4:15 …are yet was without sin
    • 9:26 …to do away with sin by the sacrifice of…
    • 9:28 …time not to bear sin but to bring salvation…
    • 10:18 …forgiven an offering for sin is no longer needed…
    • 11:25 …experience the fleeting enjoyment of sin
    • 12:4 …In your struggle against sin you have not yet…
    • 13:11 …as a sacrifice for sin the bodies are burned…
  • James 3

    • 1:15 …it gives birth to sin and sin when it…
    • 1:15 …birth to sin and sin when it is full…
    • 2:9 …you show favoritism you sin and are convicted by…
  • 1 Peter 3

    • 2:22 …He committed no sin and no deceit was…
    • 2:24 …that we might die to sin and live to righteousness…
    • 4:1 …body is done with sin
  • 1 John 6

    • 1:7 …cleanses us from all sin
    • 1:8 …say we have no sin we deceive ourselves and…
    • 3:4 …Everyone who practices sin practices lawlessness as well…
    • 3:4 …lawlessness as well Indeed sin is lawlessness…
    • 3:5 …Him there is no sin
    • 3:8 …The one who practices sin is of the devil…

And 5 more, on the full page.

“sins” 72
  • Matthew 6

    • 1:21 …His people from their sins
    • 3:6 …Confessing their sins they were baptized by…
    • 9:2 …Take courage son your sins are forgiven…
    • 9:5 …easier to say Your sins are forgiven or to…
    • 9:6 …on earth to forgive sins Then He said to…
    • 26:28 …many for the forgiveness of sins
  • Mark 6

    • 1:4 …repentance for the forgiveness of sins
    • 1:5 …of Judea Confessing their sins they were baptized by…
    • 2:5 …the paralytic Son your sins are forgiven…
    • 2:7 …blaspheming Who can forgive sins but God alone…
    • 2:9 …to a paralytic Your sins are forgiven or to…
    • 2:10 …on earth to forgive sins He said to the…
  • Luke 11

    • 1:77 …the forgiveness of their sins
    • 3:3 …repentance for the forgiveness of sins
    • 5:20 …He said Friend your sins are forgiven…
    • 5:21 …blasphemy Who can forgive sins but God alone…
    • 5:23 …easier to say Your sins are forgiven or to…
    • 5:24 …the earth to forgive sins… He said to the…
    • 7:47 …tell you her many sins have been forgiven for…
    • 7:48 …said to her Your sins are forgiven…
    • 7:49 …this who even forgives sins
    • 11:4 …And forgive us our sins for we also forgive…
    • 24:47 …name repentance and forgiveness of sins will be proclaimed to…
  • John 4

    • 8:24 …would die in your sins For unless you believe…
    • 8:24 …will die in your sins
    • 8:34 …tell you everyone who sins is a slave to…
    • 20:23 …you forgive anyone his sins they are forgiven if…
  • Acts 6

    • 2:38 …the forgiveness of your sins and you will receive…
    • 3:19 …back so that your sins may be wiped away…
    • 5:31 …grant repentance and forgiveness of sins to Israel…
    • 10:43 …in Him receives forgiveness of sins through His name…
    • 13:38 …through Jesus the forgiveness of sins is proclaimed to you…
    • 26:18 …they may receive forgiveness of sins and an inheritance among…
  • Romans 2

    • 4:7 …acts are forgiven whose sins are covered…
    • 11:27 …I take away their sins
  • 1 Corinthians 2

    • 15:3 …Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures…
    • 15:17 …are still in your sins
  • Galatians 1

    • 1:4 …gave Himself for our sins to rescue us from…
  • Ephesians 1

    • 2:1 …in your trespasses and sins
  • Colossians 1

    • 1:14 …have redemption the forgiveness of sins
  • 1 Timothy 2

    • 5:22 …hands and thereby share in the sins of others Keep yourself…
    • 5:24 …The sins of some men are…
  • 2 Timothy 1

    • 3:6 …who are weighed down with sins and led astray by…
  • Hebrews 14

    • 1:3 …He had provided purification for sins He sat down at…
    • 2:17 …make atonement for the sins of the people…
    • 5:1 …gifts and sacrifices for sins
    • 5:3 …sacrifices for his own sins as well as for…
    • 7:27 …first for His own sins and then for the…
    • 8:12 …and will remember their sins no more…
    • 9:28 …offered once to bear the sins of many and He…
    • 10:2 …have felt the guilt of their sins
    • 10:3 …are an annual reminder of sins
    • 10:4 …goats to take away sins
    • 10:11 …can never take away sins
    • 10:12 …time one sacrifice for sins He sat down at…
    • 10:17 …Then He adds Their sins and lawless acts I…
    • 10:26 …no further sacrifice for sins remains…
  • James 2

    • 5:16 …Therefore confess your sins to each other and…
    • 5:20 …cover over a multitude of sins
  • 1 Peter 3

    • 2:24 …He Himself bore our sins in His body on…
    • 3:18 …Christ also suffered for sins once for all the…
    • 4:8 …covers over a multitude of sins
  • 2 Peter 1

    • 1:9 …cleansed from his past sins
  • 1 John 6

    • 1:9 …If we confess our sins He is faithful and…
    • 1:9 …to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us…
    • 2:2 …atoning sacrifice for our sins and not only for…
    • 2:12 …little children because your sins have been forgiven through…
    • 3:5 …appeared to take away sins and in Him there…
    • 4:10 …atoning sacrifice for our sins
  • Revelation 3

    • 1:5 …released us from our sins by His blood…
    • 18:4 …not share in her sins or contract any of…
    • 18:5 …For her sins are piled up to…
“guilty of sin” 2
  • John 1

    • 9:41 …you would not be guilty of sin But since you claim…
  • James 1

    • 4:17 …to do it is guilty of sin
“would not be guilty of sin” 2
  • John 2

    • 15:22 …and spoken to them they would not be guilty of sin Now however they have…
    • 15:24 …no one else did they would not be guilty of sin but now they have…
“sinful” 2
  • Romans 2

    • 7:5 …to the flesh the sinful passions aroused by the…
    • 8:3 …Son in the likeness of sinful man as an offering…
“sin offerings” 2
  • Hebrews 2

    • 10:6 …In burnt offerings and sin offerings You took no delight…
    • 10:8 …offerings burnt offerings and sin offerings You did not desire…
“guilt” 1
  • John 1

    • 9:41 …you can see your guilt remains…
“sins away” 1
  • Acts 1

    • 22:16 …baptized and wash your sins away calling on His name…
“whose sin” 1
  • Romans 1

    • 4:8 …Blessed is the man whose sin the Lord will never…
“do not let sin reign” 1
  • Romans 1

    • 6:12 …Therefore do not let sin reign in your mortal body…
“sins to full capacity” 1
  • 1 Thessalonians 1

    • 2:16 …to heap up their sins to full capacity the utmost wrath has…
“sin that” 1
  • Hebrews 1

    • 12:1 …every encumbrance and the sin that so easily entangles and…
“sinned” 1
  • James 1

    • 5:15 …him up If he has sinned he will be forgiven…
“desire for sin is never satisfied” 1
  • 2 Peter 1

    • 2:14 …are full of adultery their desire for sin is never satisfied they seduce the unstable…

The Hebrew and Greek words, their glosses and grammar: STEP Bible (CC BY 4.0). The English: the Berean Standard Bible, which also gives which English words render which. Counts are ours.