Hamartia denotes wrongdoing, whether as particular acts requiring forgiveness or as a continuing practice or condition.

The term most often denotes wrong acts attributed to people and described as confessed, forgiven, cleansed, removed, or borne. In singular clauses, it also presents wrongdoing collectively as a continuing practice, a condition in which people may remain, or a reality associated with death and lawlessness.

1. Wrong acts needing forgiveness or removal · dominant

   Plural forms frequently identify acts belonging to people in clauses about their disposal or pardon. In Acts 2:38 the APB renders forgiveness of their sins in connection with repentance and baptism; in 1 John 1:9 it renders confession, forgiveness, and cleansing; and in 1 Peter 2:24 it renders Christ carrying sins so that people might die to sins and live to righteousness.

   Acts 2:38Acts 3:19Acts 10:431 John 1:91 Peter 2:241 Corinthians 15:3
2. Wrongdoing as a continuing practice or condition · common

   Singular forms can frame wrongdoing collectively rather than enumerate acts. In Romans 6:1 the APB renders the question of continuing in sin; in Romans 5:12 it renders sin entering the world and death entering through it; and in 1 John 3:4 the clause joins practicing sin with lawlessness and explicitly identifies sin with lawlessness.

   Romans 6:1Romans 5:121 John 3:41 John 3:81 John 3:91 Corinthians 15:56

In the Anselm Project Bible: Across the supplied verses, the APB usually presents the term as "sin" or "sins," especially in clauses about forgiveness, cleansing, confession, and continued practice. Because the APB is a whole-verse translation, those English terms confirm the clauses' presentation without fixing a separate English equivalent for every occurrence.