>>We Christians are NOT as much sinners as “they”—unbelievers—are.
I think we both understood what I meant. I know that I am forgiven by the grace of God and the blood of Jesus Christ, but as the Bible states “All have sinned.”
“All have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,” Romans 3:23, is in the context of Paul’s saying that there is no distinction of people, for we’ve all sinned...and all those who believe in Jesus Christ are justified (declared righteous) as a gift by His grace through Christ’s redemption.
So, though we’ve all sinned and fall short of the glory of God, those who believe are by His grace, through Christ’s redemption, declared righteous, and now begin a new life in Christ that puts sin out of one’s life. Saints are able to say “no” to temptation.
This is the walk, or lifestyle, or fruit-bearing season of life when the believer lives by faith, progressively being delivered from the power of sin in his life, as he makes different choices in the power of the indwelling Holy Spirit and the Word of God to directing his paths.
The lifestyle (walk) of a believer is totally different than the lifestyle of an unbeliever, as the Bible teaches.
2 Peter 1:1-11 describes the qualities of a person who knows God and the Lord Jesus Christ.
There is a warning in v. 10 about being diligent to make certain about His calling & choosing of us—as these qualities are ours and increasing if we are truly know the Lord Jesus Christ.