Assertion: repentance | /r/HasProperty | sorrow
Facets:
value: for sin
type: CAUSE
value: for offending god
type: PURPOSE
Source sentences:
text: A second faulty idea is that repentance is sorrow for sin.
text: Penitence is sorrow for sin.
text: Repentance of sin is such a sorrow for sin or abhorrence of sin, such a change of mind about it, as leads the sinner to turn away from it with all his heart.
text: Such repentance is sorrow for offending God, not merely sorrow for getting caught (Rom.
text: Repentance is sorrow, regret and remorse over sin.
text: It should not be confused with penitence, which is sorrow for sin; nor with penance, which is an effort to make some satisfaction for sin; nor yet with reformation, which is turning from sin.
text: Now I agree with Dr. Torrey that sorrow for sin is not repentance, but he totally contradicts himself when he says that “repentance of sin is such a sorrow for sin.