In this community we are corrected and rebuked when we sin, in order that I can have that close and intimate relationship with God.

当我有过犯的时候，这个团体指正、制止我，只为了让我能重建与神的关系，并且与祂更靠近、更亲密。

youdao

Other people say no, no, Paul's talking metaphorically when he talks about sin in these words, and we need to see sin not at this actual hypostatized being but simply a metaphor, a metaphorical being.

其他人则说，不，保罗在比喻，当他说到罪恶时，不能把罪恶看作实在的生命，只是一个比喻，一个比喻之物。

youdao

There's no intimate connection with sin when we're talking about ritual impurity.

我们在讨论仪式不洁的时候,和罪孽其实没有很紧密的联系。

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To sin by silence, when we should protest, makes cowards of us all.

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It is difficult to separate out fact from fiction, sin from expiation, punishment from reward when we are so muddled about the facts and so ready to believe almost anything.

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