Exodus 34:6-7
The Lord said to Moses.
6Then the LORD passed by in front of him and proclaimed, “The LORD, the LORD God, compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, and abounding in loving kindness and truth;
7who keeps loving kindness for thousands, who forgives iniquity, transgression and sin; yet He will by no means leave the guilty unpunished, visiting the iniquity of fathers on the children and on the grandchildren to the third and fourth generations.”
Apparently there's a difference.
I'd say the order is: sin, transgression, iniquity.
SIN
The true meaning is "missing the mark". John 3:4
Falling short of the glory of God. Romans 3:23
The Greek word for “sin” is hamartia, an archery term for “missing the mark.”
And which mark do we miss? The reason for our entire life....our relationship with God.
God put us here to choose HIM, when we don't, we don't just make mistakes and sin...we also turn our back on the very God that made us for the purpose of loving Him.
In Christian theology
Main article: Hamartiology
Hamartia is also used in Christian theology because of its use in the Septuagint and New Testament. The Hebrew (chatá) and its Greek equivalent (àµaρtίa/hamartia) both mean "missing the mark" or "off the mark".[9][10][11]
There are four basic usages for hamartia:
source: Hamartia - Wikipedia
Examples of sin:
Evil thoughts, adultery, murders, thefts, covetousness, wickedness,deceit, lewdness, pride, heresies, envy.
Mark 7:21-22
Galatians 5:19-21
There are sins of commission, omission, thought.
Man has always sinned. Each one of us is responsible for our own sin.
TRANSGRESSION
Before Moses was given the Law (the 10 commandments) there was no law.
If there is no law, how could there be sin?
Sin has always existed. Men have always broken the laws of God.
Romans 5:12-15
12Therefore, just as through one man sin entered into the world, and death through sin, and so death spread to all men, because all sinned—
13for until the Law sin was in the world, but sin is not imputed when there is no law.
14Nevertheless death reigned from Adam until Moses, even over those who had not sinned in the likeness of the offense of Adam, who is a type of Him who was to come.
15But the free gift is not like the transgression. For if by the transgression of the one the many died, much more did the grace of God and the gift by the grace of the one Man, Jesus Christ, abound to the many.
The transgression spoken of in verse 15 is the commandment Adam broke...the commandment God gave him to not eat of the tree of knowledge.
So transgression is to break a law...to cross the line.
But Romans 5 tells us that there were no laws until God gave them to Moses.
In this way, the persons that lived in this time period were not imputed sins to their account, but they still sinned. As Romans 1:18-32 tells us, man always knew when they were breaking a law,,,be it of their tribe, their government, and even their God if they believed because of their conscience --- man has always had a God-given conscience.
Romans 1:21, 28, 32. Verse 13 above.
Although these persons did not sin as Adam did by transgressing the law, verse 14, they still sinned and they still died because of the effects of Adam's sin.
After Moses was given the commandments, men transgressed when they sinned because now there was a law. If we run a red light when there is a law, we transgress that law and are held responsible for it. If there is no law, we still make the mistake since passing a red light is dangerous. The difference with this example is that God has much higher standards than we do and if we sinned even before the law, there were still consequences to be paid...Distance from God in this life will also cause distance from God in the next life.
INIQUITY
If sin and transgression are continued and become a life style, they become iniquity...this causes spiritual death.
Isaiah 59:2
But your iniquities have made a separation between you and your God, And your sins have hidden His face from you so that He does not hear.
Jeremiah 14:10
10Thus says the LORD to this people, “Even so they have loved to wander; they have not kept their feet in check. Therefore the LORD does not accept them; now He will remember their iniquity and call their sins to account.”
The O.T. also speaks about the iniquities of the fathers being passed on to the sons up to the third and fourth generation.
Exodus 34:7
7who keeps lovingkindness for thousands, who forgives iniquity, transgression and sin; yet He will by no means leave the guilty unpunished, visiting the iniquity of fathers on the children and on the grandchildren to the third and fourth generations.”
Iniquities are passed on,,,not imputed to the children and grandchildren.
How?
1. The children hate God.
Exodus 20:5
5“You shall not worship them or serve them; for I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children, on the third and the fourth generations of those who hate Me,
2. High blood pressure, alcoholism, jealousy, etc. are passed down from generation to generation.
3. James speaks to this:
James 1:15
15Then when lust has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and when sin is accomplished, it brings forth death.
Sin
Transgression
Iniquity
The Lord said to Moses.
6Then the LORD passed by in front of him and proclaimed, “The LORD, the LORD God, compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, and abounding in loving kindness and truth;
7who keeps loving kindness for thousands, who forgives iniquity, transgression and sin; yet He will by no means leave the guilty unpunished, visiting the iniquity of fathers on the children and on the grandchildren to the third and fourth generations.”
Apparently there's a difference.
I'd say the order is: sin, transgression, iniquity.
SIN
The true meaning is "missing the mark". John 3:4
Falling short of the glory of God. Romans 3:23
The Greek word for “sin” is hamartia, an archery term for “missing the mark.”
And which mark do we miss? The reason for our entire life....our relationship with God.
God put us here to choose HIM, when we don't, we don't just make mistakes and sin...we also turn our back on the very God that made us for the purpose of loving Him.
In Christian theology
Main article: Hamartiology
Hamartia is also used in Christian theology because of its use in the Septuagint and New Testament. The Hebrew (chatá) and its Greek equivalent (àµaρtίa/hamartia) both mean "missing the mark" or "off the mark".[9][10][11]
There are four basic usages for hamartia:
- Hamartia is sometimes used to mean acts of sin "by omission or commission in thought and feeling or in speech and actions" as in Romans 5:12, "all have sinned".[12]
- Hamartia is sometimes applied to the fall of man from original righteousness that resulted in humanity's innate propensity for sin, that is original sin.[13] For example, as in Romans 3:9, everyone is "under the power of sin".[14]
- A third application concerns the "weakness of the flesh" and the free will to resist sinful acts. "The original inclination to sin in mankind comes from the weakness of the flesh."[15]
- Hamartia is sometimes "personified".[16] For example, Romans 6:20 speaks of being enslaved to hamartia (sin).
source: Hamartia - Wikipedia
Examples of sin:
Evil thoughts, adultery, murders, thefts, covetousness, wickedness,deceit, lewdness, pride, heresies, envy.
Mark 7:21-22
Galatians 5:19-21
There are sins of commission, omission, thought.
Man has always sinned. Each one of us is responsible for our own sin.
TRANSGRESSION
Before Moses was given the Law (the 10 commandments) there was no law.
If there is no law, how could there be sin?
Sin has always existed. Men have always broken the laws of God.
Romans 5:12-15
12Therefore, just as through one man sin entered into the world, and death through sin, and so death spread to all men, because all sinned—
13for until the Law sin was in the world, but sin is not imputed when there is no law.
14Nevertheless death reigned from Adam until Moses, even over those who had not sinned in the likeness of the offense of Adam, who is a type of Him who was to come.
15But the free gift is not like the transgression. For if by the transgression of the one the many died, much more did the grace of God and the gift by the grace of the one Man, Jesus Christ, abound to the many.
The transgression spoken of in verse 15 is the commandment Adam broke...the commandment God gave him to not eat of the tree of knowledge.
So transgression is to break a law...to cross the line.
But Romans 5 tells us that there were no laws until God gave them to Moses.
In this way, the persons that lived in this time period were not imputed sins to their account, but they still sinned. As Romans 1:18-32 tells us, man always knew when they were breaking a law,,,be it of their tribe, their government, and even their God if they believed because of their conscience --- man has always had a God-given conscience.
Romans 1:21, 28, 32. Verse 13 above.
Although these persons did not sin as Adam did by transgressing the law, verse 14, they still sinned and they still died because of the effects of Adam's sin.
After Moses was given the commandments, men transgressed when they sinned because now there was a law. If we run a red light when there is a law, we transgress that law and are held responsible for it. If there is no law, we still make the mistake since passing a red light is dangerous. The difference with this example is that God has much higher standards than we do and if we sinned even before the law, there were still consequences to be paid...Distance from God in this life will also cause distance from God in the next life.
INIQUITY
If sin and transgression are continued and become a life style, they become iniquity...this causes spiritual death.
Isaiah 59:2
But your iniquities have made a separation between you and your God, And your sins have hidden His face from you so that He does not hear.
Jeremiah 14:10
10Thus says the LORD to this people, “Even so they have loved to wander; they have not kept their feet in check. Therefore the LORD does not accept them; now He will remember their iniquity and call their sins to account.”
The O.T. also speaks about the iniquities of the fathers being passed on to the sons up to the third and fourth generation.
Exodus 34:7
7who keeps lovingkindness for thousands, who forgives iniquity, transgression and sin; yet He will by no means leave the guilty unpunished, visiting the iniquity of fathers on the children and on the grandchildren to the third and fourth generations.”
Iniquities are passed on,,,not imputed to the children and grandchildren.
How?
1. The children hate God.
Exodus 20:5
5“You shall not worship them or serve them; for I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children, on the third and the fourth generations of those who hate Me,
2. High blood pressure, alcoholism, jealousy, etc. are passed down from generation to generation.
3. James speaks to this:
James 1:15
15Then when lust has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and when sin is accomplished, it brings forth death.
Sin
Transgression
Iniquity
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