Preposition: at

• birth: Surely I was sinful at birth, sinful from the time my mother conceived me.

Adjective complement with noun phrase

• consider: He was passionately fond of hunting, and considered tobacco sinful.

Modifies a noun

• flesh: They saw Him in the likeness of sinful flesh.

• nature: Are we going to go the way of the sinful nature or will we be led by the Spirit?

• humanity: In Christ God says ' Amen ' to his own verdict upon sinful humanity.

• mankind: The perfect, sinless Son of God dying for sinful mankind.

• desire: Allow yourself to be led by the Spirit rather than your sinful desires.

• rebellion: Don't waste a moment more of your life in the rapids of sinful rebellion against God.

Modifying Another Word

• inherently: There is nothing inherently sinful about sport on Sunday.

• deeply: A child enters the world both profoundly ignorant and deeply sinful.

• all: We may have sinned differently, but we're all sinful and all sin.

• so: You see, because God is so holy and we're so sinful, we have to be punished.

• very: Whatever the sins of the individuals, the sum total for the whole city makes it a very sinful place!

• not: God is not finite, not sinful, etc.

Used with adjective complement

• become: Adam became sinful Once the fruit was eaten, however, that relationship was completely altered.

• feel: They are unwilling to fully acknowledge their sin, to really feel sinful.

• regard: Gildas chastens his fellow Britons for rebellions that he regards as sinful.

Preposition: by

• nature: The bible plainly teaches that man is sinful by nature.