Is it possible to not be sinning?
Is it possible to not be sinning?
Is it possible to not be sinning [in the present tense]?
The question will not be if it is possible to not have been sinning in the past tense, but only if it is possible to not be sinning in the present tense.
Not every action that someone does is to be assumed as sinning
Paul asked rhetorically: "DID-I-COMMIT (a) SIN (by) humbling myself in-order-that you might-be-exalted — because I freely announced-as-good-news (to) you the good-news (of) God?" (Romans 11:6).
Paul wrote: "if one thinks (that he) is-behaving-dishonorably toward his virgin — if she-is beyond-the-bloom-of-youth, and it-ought to-be so — let-him-do what he-wants. HE-IS NOT SINNING. Let-them-marry" (1 Corinthians 7:36).
Everyone is not described as sinning at all times in all circumstances
It is written about Job after several events were described that "IN ALL THESE (things) having happened to him, Job DID NOT SIN AT ALL before the Lord, and did not impute folly to God" (Job 1:22).
Descriptions can be given regarding people "IF" they are sinning
James wrote: "And the prayer (of) faith will-restore the (one) being-ill, and the Lord will-raise him. AND-IF he-has COMMITTED SINS, it-will-be-forgiven him" (James 5:15).
It is written in 1 John: "I-am-writing these (things to) you in-order-that YOU-SIN NOT. And IF anyone SINS, we-have (an) advocate with the Father: Jesus Christ (the) Righteous" (1 John 2:1).
Peter wrote: "what-kind-of credit (is it) IF (while) SINNING and being-beaten, you-will-endure? BUT IF (while) DOING-GOOD and suffering you-will-endure, this (finds) favor with God" (1 Peter 2:20).
Commands can be given to not be sinning
Jesus said to someone: "See — you-have-become healthy! DO NOT BE-SINNING ANY-LONGER in-order-that something worse may not happen (to) you" (John 5:14).
Paul wrote: "Sober-up righteously and DO NOT BE-SINNING" (1 Corinthians 15:34).
Paul wrote: "DO NOT BE-SINNING" (Ephesians 4:26).
The Greek verbs used for "DO NOT BE-SINNING" (John 5:14, 1 Corinthians 15:34, Ephesians 4:26) are in the imperative mood, which expresses a command to the hearer to perform something by the order and authority of the one commanding.
Someone can be described as not sinning after being warned
It is written in Ezekiel: "if you WARN the righteous (person) TO NOT SIN, and he SHALL NOT SIN, the righteous (person) with life will live" (Ezekiel 3:21).
People can be described as not letting sin reign over them
Paul wrote that someone could have been a slave of sin: "you-were slaves (of) SIN" (Romans 6:20) "having-been-sold under SIN" (Romans 7:14). Such a person would have SIN reigning over them even though they did not want to, as Paul described: "I-am not doing (the) good which I-am-wanting, but I-am-practicing this evil which I-am not wanting. But if I-am-doing this which I-am not wanting, I-am no-longer producing it, but the SIN dwelling in me (is)" (Romans 7:20). Such a person would have SIN reigning in their body like a slave would have their master reigning over them, even when they did not want to.
But Paul said that with Christ Jesus when we "died (to) SIN" (Romans 6:2), now "we are NO-LONGER slaves (to) SIN" (Romans 6:6). We have been made free from the reign of SIN in us.
Paul commanded that we, as free people who do not have SIN reigning any longer in us, do not use our freedom to obey the evil desires of our body, as instead Paul commanded: "do not let SIN be-reigning in your dying body so that (you are) obeying its desires" (Romans 6:12). SIN does not have to reign anymore in the body of someone, as such a person can decide not to obey the evil desires of their body. Paul used the imperative mood in the verb for DO NOT let sin "BE-REIGNING" (Romans 6:12), which expresses a command to the hearer to perform something by the order and authority of the one commanding. This can imply that the hearer can obey that.
People can be described as not sinning
It is written in 1 John about Jesus that "Everyone abiding in Him IS NOT SINNING. Everyone SINNING has not seen Him nor known Him" (1 John 3:5-6).
It is written in 1 John: "Everyone having-been-born of God IS NOT DOING SIN — because His seed is-abiding in him" (1 John 3:9).
It is written in 1 John: "We-know that everyone having-been-born of God IS NOT SINNING. But the (one) having-been-begotten of God is-keeping himself" (1 John 5:18).
Someone can be described as having ceased from sinning
Peter wrote: "Christ having-suffered for us (in the) flesh, you also arm (yourselves with) the same intention. Because the (one) having-suffered (in the) flesh HAS-CEASED (from) SIN" (1 Peter 4:1).
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