How is sin defined?

Answer

"Whosoever commits sin transgresses also the law: for sin is the transgression of the law." 1 John 3: 4.

For what purpose were the Scriptures written?
How is the love of God supplied to the believer?
What did the wise men of the East do when they had found Jesus?
What high ideal should he placed before the young?
Where had the prophet said Christ should he born?
In bereavement, like whom should we not sorrow?
With what are the twelve foundations adorned?

Questions & Answers are from the book Bible Readings for the Home Circle