C. S. Lewis Quotes about Sin

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Those who do not think about their own sins make up for it by thinking incessantly about the sins of others.

Those who do not think about their own sins make up for it by thinking incessantly about the sins of others.

C. S. Lewis

Motivational, Thinking, Sin

C. S. Lewis (2014). “God in the Dock”, p.127, Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing

And there, right in the middle of it, I find 'Forgive us our sins as we forgive those that sin against us.' There is no slightest suggestion that we are offered forgiveness on any other terms. It is made perfectly clear that if we do not forgive we shall not be forgiven.

C. S. Lewis

Forgiving, Suggestions, Sin

C.S. Lewis (1996). “Joyful Christian”, p.142, Simon and Schuster

I think we all sin by needlessly disobeying the apostolic injunction to "rejoice" as much as by anything else

C. S. Lewis

Thinking, Sin, Disobeying

We have a strange illusion that mere time cancels sin.

C. S. Lewis

Strange, Sin, Illusion

C. S. Lewis (2003). “A Mind Awake: An Anthology of C. S. Lewis”, p.105, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Every uncorrected error and unrepented sin is, in its own right, a fountain of fresh error and fresh sin flowing on to the end of time.

C. S. Lewis

Time, Errors, Sin

By repenting, one acknowledges them as sins-therefore not to be repeated.

C. S. Lewis

Sin, Repent, Acknowledge

C. S. Lewis (2009). “A Year with C. S. Lewis: Daily Readings from His Classic Works”, p.38, Harper Collins

Without sin, the universe is a Solemn Game: and there is no good game without rules.

C. S. Lewis

Games, Sin, Solemn

C.S. Lewis (2005). “A Preface to Paradise Lost”, p.78, Atlantic Publishers & Dist

Every sin is the distortion of an energy breathed into us - an energy which, if not thus distorted, would have blossomed into one of those holy acts whereof 'God did it' and 'I did it' are both true descriptions.

C. S. Lewis

Energy, Sin, Holy

C. S. Lewis (2002). “Letters to Malcolm: Chiefly on Prayer”, p.73, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt