Translation of "Pecadores" in English

Ele veio libertar os prisioneiros, fazendo dos pecadores santos.

He came to set the captives free, making sinners into saints.

Prefiro rir com os pecadores do que chorar com os santos.

I'd rather laugh with the sinners than cry with the saints.

O dilúvio foi a primeira grande experiência de batismo, tendo removido na enxurrada tanto os pecados quanto os pecadores do mundo.

The deluge was a notable first experiment in baptism which washed away the sins (and sinners) of the world.