Bible Verses About Total Depravity And Human Sin

For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh: and these are contrary the one to the other: so that ye cannot do the things that ye would.

flesh lusts against Spirit

For when we were in the flesh, the motions of sins, which were by the law, did work in our members to bring forth fruit unto death.

Bible text on motions of sins bringing death

Among whom also we all had our conversation in times past in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind; and were by nature the children of wrath, even as others.

major Bible text on being by nature children of wrath

I speak after the manner of men because of the infirmity of your flesh: for as ye have yielded your members servants to uncleanness and to iniquity unto iniquity; even so now yield your members servants to righteousness unto holiness.

Bible passage about slavery to lawlessness and righteousness

For we know that the law is spiritual: but I am carnal, sold under sin.

Bible passage on being sold under sin

For I know that in me (that is, in my flesh,) dwelleth no good thing: for to will is present with me; but how to perform that which is good I find not.

major Bible text on nothing good in the flesh

Because the carnal mind is enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be.

major Bible text on flesh hostile to God

And God looked upon the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth.

all flesh corrupted their way

For what the law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin, condemned sin in the flesh:

Bible passage on God condemning sin in the flesh

Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned:

key Bible text for sin entering through one man

What then? are we better than they? No, in no wise: for we have before proved both Jews and Gentiles, that they are all under sin;

apostolic summary that all are under sin

And God saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.

every imagination of the heart only evil continually

They are all gone aside, they are all together become filthy: there is none that doeth good, no, not one.

none who does good

They are all gone out of the way, they are together become unprofitable; there is none that doeth good, no, not one.

none who does good

Behold, I was shapen in iniquity; and in sin did my mother conceive me.

conceived in sin

The earth also was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence.

earth filled with violence and corruption

But sin, taking occasion by the commandment, wrought in me all manner of concupiscence. For without the law sin was dead.

Bible text on sin producing evil desire

For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;

core Bible summary of universal sin

And you hath he quickened, who were dead in trespasses and sins;

major Bible text on death in trespasses and sins

Surely oppression maketh a wise man mad; and a gift destroyeth the heart.

background passage about corrupting the heart

Every one of them is gone back: they are altogether become filthy; there is none that doeth good, no, not one.

Scripture passage attached to the early Christian evidence page.

And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not convenient;

debased mind

The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?

heart is deceitful and desperately wicked

Be not deceived: evil communications corrupt good manners.

evil communications corrupt good manners

For we ourselves also were sometimes foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving divers lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, and hating one another.

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That they may do evil with both hands earnestly, the prince asketh, and the judge asketh for a reward; and the great man, he uttereth his mischievous desire: so they wrap it up.

Scripture passage attached to the early Christian evidence page.

They have corrupted themselves, their spot is not the spot of his children: they are a perverse and crooked generation.

Scripture passage attached to the early Christian evidence page.

But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve through his subtilty, so your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ.

Scripture passage attached to the early Christian evidence page.

Unto the pure all things are pure: but unto them that are defiled and unbelieving is nothing pure; but even their mind and conscience is defiled.

Scripture passage attached to the early Christian evidence page.

Knowing that he that is such is subverted, and sinneth, being condemned of himself.

Scripture passage attached to the early Christian evidence page.