親愛的弟兄啊，你們是客旅，是寄居的。我勸你們要禁戒肉體的私慾，這私慾是與靈魂爭戰的。彼得前書 2:11
"Dear friends, I urge you, as aliens and strangers in the world, to abstain from sinful desires, which war against your soul." - 1 Peter 2:11 (NIV)
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罪是靈魂的毀滅與痛苦，具有毀滅的本性。倘若神不對罪加以約束，無需再做什麼就足以叫靈魂陷入徹底痛苦之境。－愛德華茲（1741）
"Sin is the ruin and misery of the soul; it is destructive in its nature; and if God should leave it without restraint, there would need nothing else to make the soul perfectly miserable. The corruption of the heart of man is a thing that is immoderate and boundless in its fury; and while wicked men live here, it is like fire pent up by God's restraints, when as if it were let loose it would set on fire the course of nature; and as the heart is now a sink of sin, so, if sin was not restrained, it would immediately turn the soul into a fiery oven, or a furnace of fire and brimstone."
- Jonathan Edwards, A.D. 1741
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Q: 罪是什麼？
A: 凡不遵守神的律法或是違背神的律法，就是罪。
--- 韋斯敏斯德小要理問答（十四）
Q: What is sin?
A: Sin is any want of conformity unto, or transgression of, the law of God.
--- Westminster Shorter Catechism Question 14, A.D. 1647
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