Jesus said, “If you were blind, you would not be guilty of sin; but now that you claim you can see, your guilt remains.
Woe to those who are wise in their own eyes and clever in their own sight.
“I tell you that this man, rather than the other, went home justified before God. For all those who exalt themselves will be humbled, and those who humble themselves will be exalted.”
If we deliberately keep on sinning after we have received the knowledge of the truth, no sacrifice for sins is left,
Do you see a person wise in their own eyes? There is more hope for a fool than for them.
you say, ‘I am innocent; he is not angry with me.’ But I will pass judgment on you because you say, ‘I have not sinned.’
“The servant who knows the master’s will and does not get ready or does not do what the master wants will be beaten with many blows.
If anyone, then, knows the good they ought to do and doesn’t do it, it is sin for them.