A sin is a lack of conformity to, or transgression of, a law believed to have divine sanction. Some doctrine of sin and of reconciling the deity is part of most religions. Zoroastrianism premises a conflict of sin with holiness. The central doctrine of Buddhism turns on the demerit of human actions, which must be purged by transmigration.
In no sacred books is the sense of sin so developed as in the Bible. Throughout the Scriptures sin appears as that element in man which puts him at enmity with God, and requires the work of a Redeemer.
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