'Lawlessness' in the Bible
And then I will declare to them, ‘I never knew you; depart from Me, you who practice lawlessness.’
The Son of Man will send forth His angels, and they will gather out of His kingdom all stumbling blocks, and those who commit lawlessness,
So you, too, outwardly appear righteous to men, but inwardly you are full of hypocrisy and lawlessness.
Because lawlessness is increased, most people’s love will grow cold.
I am speaking in human terms because of the weakness of your flesh. For just as you presented your members as slaves to impurity and to lawlessness, resulting in further lawlessness, so now present your members as slaves to righteousness, resulting in sanctification.
Do not be bound together with unbelievers; for what partnership have righteousness and lawlessness, or what fellowship has light with darkness?
Let no one in any way deceive you, for it will not come unless the apostasy comes first, and the man of lawlessness is revealed, the son of destruction,
For the mystery of lawlessness is already at work; only he who now restrains will do so until he is taken out of the way.
“You have loved righteousness and hated lawlessness;Therefore God, Your God, has anointed YouWith the oil of gladness above Your companions.”
Everyone who practices sin also practices lawlessness; and sin is lawlessness.