Brother Bob said:
I guess, you will answer these scriptures for me then?
1Jo 3:9Whosoever is born of God doth not commit sin; for his seed remaineth in him: and he cannot sin, because he is born of God.
1Pe 4:1¶Forasmuch then as Christ hath suffered for us in the flesh, arm yourselves likewise with the same mind: for he that hath suffered in the flesh hath ceased from sin;
Hbr 10:26¶For if we sin wilfully after that we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more sacrifice for sins,
Bob I am tired of playing games with you. You say you can give me an answer to 1John 2:1, but to do so you turn around and give me Catholic theology. Here is your so-called answer.
I can answer your scripture, it is talking about the flesh and not the inward man which is born of God, but commits a sin not unto death. As Jesus said, there is a sin not unto death.
Note that I had asked for an explanation of 1John 2:1. I will post the verse for you, so you can't miss it.
1 John 2:1 My little children, these things write I unto you, that ye sin not. And if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous:
Bob, when you sin with the flesh you sin inwardly. You can't separate your flesh from your spirit. There are not two kinds of sins. I don't know how you objectively think this out. Can you extract your soul and spirit from your body, and sin with your flesh without using your brain (soul and spirit). Your differentiation is absolutely ludicrous. Everytime we use our flesh to sin, we use our souls and/or spirits to sin. The one cannot sin without the other. All sins are against God. That means that all sins are spiritual sins. In David's confession of his adultery and murder he said: "Against thee and thee alone have I sinned." So was it inward or of the flesh? All you have is a Roman Catholic differentiation of venial and mortal sin arbitrarily set by yourself. It isn't biblical.
So give a decent answer to 1John 2:1
"If any man sin" Why does John leave that door open?
Why does he expect believers to sin--implicit in that phrase "If any man sin"?
What is an advocate for?
Why does Christ have to be our advocate?
Explain this verse by answering these questions, and don't go off on other bunny trails. Do you think you do that this time Bob?