• Achan, a Man Who Troubled His Entire Nation
    The Watchtower—1979 | February 15

    • SIN OF ONE MEMBER ENDANGERS THE WHOLE BODY

      Furthermore, such a sin, if allowed to go uncorrected, would infect the whole body of people. The nation would deteriorate into fighting battles, not to uphold God’s name and true worship, but for mere selfish conquest. The apostle Paul showed that allowance or condoning of serious sin is insidious and perilous when he wrote to the Christian congregation in Jerusalem to beware “that no poisonous root may spring up and cause trouble and that many may not be defiled by it;