When he shall be judged, let him be condemned: and let his prayer become sin.
Prayer can itself become sin when a person knowingly persists in wrongdoing while still asking for help against it. To plead for deliverance from temptation and at the same time continue to indulge the very sin prayed against contradicts the request. Such divided conduct turns the act of praying into an additional offense rather than an appeal for mercy. The prayer is therefore counted as sin because the life denies what the lips profess.
Prayer can itself become sin when a person knowingly persists in wrongdoing while still asking for help against it. To plead for deliverance from temptation and at the same time continue to indulge the very sin prayed against contradicts the request. Such divided conduct turns the act of praying into an additional offense rather than an appeal for mercy. The prayer is therefore counted as sin because the life denies what the lips profess.