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The Westminster Shorter Catechism puts it succinctly: Every sin deserves God's wrath and curse, both in this life, and that which is to come. … in sin." …

Are we to continue in sin that grace may abound? 2 By no means! How can we who died to sin still live in it? 6:15 What then? Are we to sin because we are not under law but under grace? By no means! … 16 Do you not know that if you present yourselves to anyone as obedient slaves, you are slaves of the one whom you obey, either of sin, which leads to death, or of obedience, which leads to righteousness …

Expanding the search a bit to account for polluting agents other than ink, the closest I can find in Calvin is in his commentary on Isaiah 1, referring to the line in v. 22 that he translates as "Thy …

Thus, his argument seems to be: it's bad to sin against God, and it's bad to sin against your spiritual director, but at least if you sin against God, you have a spiritual director who can plead with God …

The sin nature is an aspect of the doctrine of "original sin," but not the entire story. … these isn't normally part of what we consider to be the "sin nature." …

On the question of the temptation of Jesus, then, Frame says: Could Jesus sin? … nor even have an inclination to sin, nevertheless be subject to real temptation? …

Hard Sayings of the Bible explains this simply: God's jealousy does not involve being suspicious or wrongfully envious of the success of others, or even mistrusting. When used of God, the word je …

Reference to the unforgivable sin The New Bible Commentary is straightforward on this point – John is referring to the unforgivable sin, which the authors see as a "state of sin, of being in rebellion … Brooke Westcott, argues that the phrase "sin unto death" was borrowed from Rabbinic writings (cf. Numbers 18:22). Thus, "a 'sin unto death' would be a sin requiring the punishment of natural death. …

Is it ever a "mortal sin" to remarry after divorce? … The term mortal sin, often associated with Roman Catholicism and contrasted with venial sin, appears in some translations of 1 John 5. …

The consensus among Catholic and Protestant commentators is that the midwives did not sin by disobeying Pharaoh, but if they did lie to him, they sinned. … Thus, according to Haydock, the women sinned: The midwives were rewarded, not for their lie, which was a venial sin; but for their fear of God. …

sin; together with all actual transgressions which proceed from it. … The unsaved are indeed dead in their sins, but they aren't spiritually dead exclusively because of their own sins – their spiritual deadness is rooted in Adam's sin. …

But one successor of Calvin, Charles Hodge, suggests that in cases such as this, there is no "violation of some obligation," which he sees is a requirement for considering a falsehood a sin. … He suggests that she "may be justified here" in the context of the impending judgment of Jericho, but nonetheless says that most theologians consider it a sin. …

Without sin and misery, God's glory could not be revealed. … Ultimately: Sin, therefore, according the Scriptures, is permitted, that the justice of God may be known in its punishment, and his grace in its forgiveness. …

Chafer, take the view (also held by Jerome and Chrysostom) that the unpardonable sin could only be performed during Jesus' time on earth, since the sin specifically "consisted in asserting that Christ’ … Expressing his disagreement with other views, he writes: So that this sin, looked upon by many as the sin of one particular age, or, if possible to realise it in the present day, as only to be met …

Wikipedia has decent information on this topic. First, the beliefs of Jehovah's Witnesses on this subject: Watch Tower publications teach that hell (hades or sheol) is not a place of fiery tormen …