SCRIPTURE CORNER

SIN, JUSTIFICATION, MERIT
fragments from "Scripture by Topic" - Originally titled "The Divine Armory of Holy Scripture" - 1943 edition - Angelus Press 2006


5. SINS ARISING FROM IGNORANCE, PASSION, AND MALICE part 1

If they had known it they would never have crucified the Lord of glory. 1 Cor 2:8
Jesus said: Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do. Luke 23:34
Brethren, I know that you did it through ignorance as did also your rulers. Acts 3:17
Jesus said to them: If you were blind, you should not have sin; but now you say : We see. Your sin remaineth. John 9:41
They leave the right way and walk by dark ways. Who are glad when they have done evil, and rejoice in most wicked things, whose ways are perverse and their steps infamous. Prov. 2:13-15
The soul that commiteth anything through pride, whether he be born in the land or a stranger (because he hath been rebellious against the Lord), shall be cut off from among his people. Num. 15:30
The beginning of the pride of man is to fall off from God: because his heart is departed from him that made him: for pride is the beginning of all sin. Ecclus. 10:14f
Say you, his disciples came by night, and stole him away when we were asleep. Matt. 28:13