"Sin is the sinner's individual act. Before sin exists in the heart, the consent of the will must be given..."
{ST 12-18-93 para. 10}

"If we have not the faith that works by love, and purifies the soul from every stain of sin, then we have a spurious faith. Christ is not the minister of sin. And what is sin? The only definition given in God's word is, 'Sin is the transgression of the law;' and the apostle Paul declares, 'Where no law is, there is no transgression.'"
{ST 11-24-87 para. 12}

"The only definition for sin that we have in the Bible is that it is the transgression of the law."
{ST 03-03-90 para. 3}

"'Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also the law: for sin is the transgression of the law.' This is the only definition of sin given in the Holy Scriptures, and we should seek to understand what sin is, lest any of us be found in opposition to the God of heaven."
{RH 07-15-90 para. 2}

"The only definition we find in the Bible for sin is that 'sin is the transgression of the law' (1 John 3:4)."
{1SM 320.1} (taken from ST 12-05-92)

"Our only definition of sin is that given in the word of God; it is 'the transgression of the law;' it is the outworking of a principle at war with the great law of love which is the foundation of the divine government."
{GC 492.2} (1888, 1911)

1 John 1:9
"If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness."

Isaiah 6:6,7
6 "Then flew one of the seraphims unto me, having a live coal in his hand, which he had taken with the tongs from off the altar:
7 And he laid it upon my mouth, and said, Lo, this hath touched thy lips; and thine iniquity is taken away, and thy sin purged."

"The only definition for sin that we have in the Bible is that it is the transgression of the law."
{ST 03-03-90 para. 3}