the word sin in the greek literally means to "miss the mark, to go off the path, to go astray" (it is actually a mathematical term)
So I agree it depends on how you look at it.
All men and women right here right now are sinners according to this definition.
however, in Christ, they are not seen as sinners, because they have the righteousness of God in them (not their righteousness, Gods righteousness) and like the blood on the mercy seat, the things which every day condemn us are not seen, they are wiped clean.
There is a massive jump here. Here is the mark. No one in the last 5 minutes has met it.
How do you know? If no one has commited a sinful act and they have been washed clean
forgiven at the beginning of the 5 minutes, then they have met the mark.
People so used to condemnation with no real definition of what they are condemning just blanket
everyone all the time, constantly, with failure.
In Israel the priests where always staying clean, undefiled, washing themselves in the temple,
having purification rights, making sure things were done just right, so they knew the idea of
what it meant to be purified and clean.
What we have is a group who condemn themselves as impure 24/7.
Now this is an easy state to stay in, because once defiled always defiled until cleansed.
It is like falling over. Once you are on the ground, no more falling over.
But Christ called us to walk in righteousness, to do the right thing, to be Holy, pure,
blameless. And His mark is to be filled with love. Love is perfection, love is God, love
is the expression of His heart, shown through Jesus and the cross.
So be cleansed through repentance, confession and acceptance the forgiveness of Christ
in the cross. Then walk in the grace, and you are perfect. God is not finding fault with you,
He is saying this is His will. But people want something more profound, more difficult, more
involved, more mystical. They say things like, oh if you mean just fulfilling the law, that is
easy, but walking in God and not self, or doing something for the right reasons, or not upsetting
anyone, or anything from this massive list and you are doomed.
But this is just the enemy speaking and inventing higher and more difficult tests to prove you
are really safe. But we know in the cross and in love we are safe, literally unto death, safe.
But these guys are so insecure, even if you become an enemy of God again, they want to be
safe still, as if this does not contradict the whole essence of love.
Such an odd idea. A group that must be impossible to join by pleasing someone in your behaviour,
you get a free ticket by asking for one, and once in, no matter how you behave, you can never leave.
And God does care 100% about behaviour. It is all about behaviour and heart need to be in line for
the Kingdom of heaven to be in an individual. The heart first, and the behaviour follows.
Now this group will call this legalism, because they believe it is impossible to walk righteously,
so condemn everyone as fallen sinners, in sin continually. Nice group and walking continually
in unbelief at the promise of the cross, the resurrection and godliness.