1 John 3:4

Bishops' Bible (1568)

Whosoeuer committeth sinne, transgresseth also the lawe: for sinne is the transgression of the lawe.

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  • 1 John 5:17 : 17 All vnrighteousnes is sinne: and there is sinne vnto death.
  • Rom 3:20 : 20 Because that by the deedes of the lawe, there shall no flesshe be iustified in his syght. For by the lawe, commeth the knowledge of sinne.
  • Rom 4:15 : 15 Because the lawe causeth wrath. For where no lawe is, there is no transgression.
  • 2 Cor 12:21 : 21 And that when I come agayne, my God bryng me lowe among you, and I shall bewayle many of the which haue sinned alredy, and haue not repented of the vncleannesse, and fornication, and wantonnes, which they haue comitted.
  • Rom 7:7-9 : 7 What shall we say then? Is the lawe sinne? God forbyd. Neuerthelesse, I knewe not sinne, but by the lawe: For I had not knowen lust, except the lawe had sayde, thou shalt not lust. 8 But sinne, takyng occasion by the commaundement, wrought in me all maner of concupiscence. For without the lawe, sinne was dead. 9 I once lyued without lawe: But when the commaundement came, sinne reuyued, 10 And I was dead. And the very same commaundemet, which was ordeyned vnto lyfe, was founde to be vnto me an occasion of death. 11 For sinne, takyng occasion by the commaundement, hath deceaued me, and by the same slewe me. 12 Wherfore the lawe is holy, and the commaundement holy, & iust and good. 13 Was that then which was good, made death vnto me? God forbyd. But sinne, that sinne myght appeare, by that which was good to worke death in me: that sinne by ye commaundement, myght be out of measure sinfull.
  • Num 15:31 : 31 Because he hath despised the worde of the Lorde, and hath broken his commaundement, that soule therefore shalbe vtterly cut of, and his sinne shalbe vppon hym.
  • 1 Sam 15:24 : 24 And Saul sayde vnto Samuel, I haue sinned: For I haue gone farther then the saying of the Lorde and thy wordes, because I feared the people, and obeyed their voyce.
  • 1 Kgs 8:47 : 47 Yet if they turne againe vnto their heartes in the lande of them that caryed them away captiues, & returne and pray vnto thee in the lande of their enemies, saying, we haue sinned, we haue done wickely, and haue committed vngodlynesse:
  • 1 Chr 10:13 : 13 So Saul dyed for his trespasse that he trespassed against the Lorde, in that he kept not the word of the Lorde, and in that he sought and asked counsaile of a woman that wrought with a spirite:
  • 2 Chr 24:20 : 20 And the spirite of God came vpon Zacharia the sonne of Iehoiada the priest, which stoode by the people, and sayd vnto them, thus sayth God: Why transgresse ye the commaundementes of the Lorde, that ye can not prosper? For because ye haue forsaken the Lord, he also hath forsaken you.
  • Isa 53:8 : 8 From the prison and iudgement was he taken, and his generation who can declare? for he was cut of from the grounde of the lyuyng, which punishment dyd go vpon hym for the transgression of my people.
  • Dan 9:11 : 11 Yea all Israel haue transgressed and gone backe from thy lawe, so that they haue not hearkened vnto thy voyce: wherefore the curse and oth that is written in the lawe of Moyses the seruaunt of God, against whom we haue offended, is poured vpon vs.
  • Jas 2:9-9 : 9 But yf ye regarde one person more then another, ye commit sinne, and are rebuked of the lawe, as transgressours. 10 Whosoeuer shal kepe the whole lawe, and yet fayle in one poynt, he is gyltie of all. 11 For he that sayde, thou shalt not commit adulterie: sayde also, thou shalt not kyll. Though thou do none adulterie, yet yf thou kyll, thou art become a transgressour of the lawe.
  • Jas 5:15 : 15 And the prayer of fayth shall saue the sicke, and the Lorde shall raise him vp: and yf he haue committed sinnes, they shalbe forgeuen hym.
  • 1 John 3:8-9 : 8 He that committeth sinne, is of the deuyll: for the deuyll sinneth sence the beginning. For this purpose appeared the sonne of God, to loose the workes of the deuyll. 9 Whosoeuer is borne of God, sinneth not: for his seede remayneth in him, and he can not sinne, because he is borne of God.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 1 John 3:5-10
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    5And ye know that he appeared to take away our sinnes, & in hym is no sinne.

    6As many as byde in hym, sinne not: whosoeuer sinneth, hath not seene him, neither knowen hym.

    7Babes, let no man deceaue you: He that doeth righteousnes, is ryghteous, euen as he is righteous.

    8He that committeth sinne, is of the deuyll: for the deuyll sinneth sence the beginning. For this purpose appeared the sonne of God, to loose the workes of the deuyll.

    9Whosoeuer is borne of God, sinneth not: for his seede remayneth in him, and he can not sinne, because he is borne of God.

    10In this are ye children of God knowe, and the chyldren of the deuyll: Whosoeuer doth not ryghteousnesse, is not of God, neither he that loueth not his brother.

  • 1 John 5:17-18
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    17All vnrighteousnes is sinne: and there is sinne vnto death.

    18We knowe that whosoeuer is borne of God, sinneth not: but he that is begotten of God, kepeth hym selfe, and that wicked toucheth hym not.

  • 1 John 1:6-10
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    6If we saye that we haue felowship with hym, and walke in darkenesse, we lye, and do not the trueth.

    7But and yf we walke in light, euen as he is in lyght, then haue we felowship one with another, and the blood of Iesus Christ his sonne clenseth vs from all sinne.

    8If we say that we haue no sinne, we deceaue our selues, and the trueth is not in vs.

    9If we knowledge our sinnes, he is faythfull & iust to forgeue vs our sinnes, and to clense vs from all vnryghteousnesse.

    10If we say we haue not sinned, we make hym a lyer, and his worde is not in vs.

  • Jas 2:9-11
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    9But yf ye regarde one person more then another, ye commit sinne, and are rebuked of the lawe, as transgressours.

    10Whosoeuer shal kepe the whole lawe, and yet fayle in one poynt, he is gyltie of all.

    11For he that sayde, thou shalt not commit adulterie: sayde also, thou shalt not kyll. Though thou do none adulterie, yet yf thou kyll, thou art become a transgressour of the lawe.

  • 1 John 3:3
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    3And euery man that hath this hope in hym, purgeth hym selfe, euen as he also is pure.

  • Jas 4:17
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    17Therfore to hym that knoweth howe to do good, and doth it not, to hym it is sinne.

  • John 8:34
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    34Iesus aunswered them: Ueryly, veryly I say vnto you, that whosoeuer comitteth sinne, is the seruaunt of sinne.

  • 1 John 2:1-2
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    1My litle chyldren, these thynges write I vnto you, that ye sinne not. And yf any man sinne, we haue an aduocate with the father, Iesus Christe the ryghteous.

    2And he is ye attonement for our sinnes: not for our sinnes only, but also for the sinnes of all the worlde.

  • Rom 4:15
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    15Because the lawe causeth wrath. For where no lawe is, there is no transgression.

  • Rom 2:12
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    12For whosoeuer hath sinned without lawe, shall also perishe without lawe: And as many as haue sinned in ye lawe, shalbe iudged by the lawe.

  • Rom 3:20
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    20Because that by the deedes of the lawe, there shall no flesshe be iustified in his syght. For by the lawe, commeth the knowledge of sinne.

  • Rom 7:7-8
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    7What shall we say then? Is the lawe sinne? God forbyd. Neuerthelesse, I knewe not sinne, but by the lawe: For I had not knowen lust, except the lawe had sayde, thou shalt not lust.

    8But sinne, takyng occasion by the commaundement, wrought in me all maner of concupiscence. For without the lawe, sinne was dead.

  • John 3:20-21
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    20For euery one that euyll doeth, hateth the lyght: neither commeth to the light, lest his deedes shoulde be reproued.

    21But he that doeth trueth, cometh to the lyght, yt his deedes may be knowen, howe that they are wrought in God.

  • 2 John 1:9
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    9Whosoeuer transgresseth, and bideth not in the doctrine of Christe, hath not God: He that endureth in the doctrine of Christe, hath both the father and the sonne.

  • Rom 5:12-13
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    12Wherfore, as by one man sinne entred into the worlde, & death by sinne: euen so, death entred into all men, insomuch as all haue sinned.

    13For vnto the lawe, was sinne in the worlde: but sinne is not imputed when there is no lawe.

  • 2 Cor 5:21
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    21For he hath made him to be sinne for vs, whiche knewe no sinne, that we shoulde be made the ryghteousnesse of God in hym.

  • Jas 1:15
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    15Then, when lust hath conceaued, it bryngeth foorth sinne: and sinne when it is finished, bryngeth foorth death.

  • 1 John 2:29
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    29If ye knowe that he is ryghteous, knowe also that euery one whiche doth righteousnes, is borne of hym.

  • 1 Tim 1:9-10
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    9Knowyng this, that the lawe is not geuen vnto a ryghteous man, but vnto the lawlesse and disobedient, to the vngodly and to sinners, to vnholy and vncleane, to murtherers of fathers & murtherers of mothers, to manslears,

    10To whoremongers, to them that defyle them selues with mankynde, to manstealers, to lyers, to periured, and yf there be any other thyng that is contrarie to wholsome doctrine:

  • Lev 5:17
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    17If a soule sinne, and commit any of these thinges whiche are forbydden to be done by the comaundementes of the Lorde, and wyst it not, & hath offended, and beare his sinne:

  • 1 Cor 6:18
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    18Flee fornication. Euery synne that a man doeth, is without the body: but he that committeth fornication, sinneth against his owne body.

  • Rom 3:9
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    9What then? Are we better then they? No, in no wise. For we haue alredy proued, howe that both Iewes and Gentiles are all vnder sinne.

  • Lev 6:3
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    3Or if he haue founde that which was lost, and denieth it, and sweareth falsely vpon whatsoeuer thing it be that a man doth, and sinneth therein:

  • Num 5:6
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    6Speake vnto the children of Israel: When a man or woman shall commit any sinne that men comit, and trespasse agaynst the Lorde: when that person shall trespasse,

  • Rom 7:17
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    17Nowe then, it is not I that do it: but sinne that dwelleth in me.

  • Rom 5:20
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    20But the lawe in the meane tyme entred in, that sinne shoulde encrease. But where sinne was plenteous, grace was more plenteous.

  • Rom 3:23
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    23For all haue synned, and are destitute of the glorie of God,

  • Rom 8:3
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    3For what the lawe coulde not do, in as much as it was weake through the fleshe, God sendyng his owne sonne, in the similitude of sinfull fleshe, euen by sinne, condempned sinne in the fleshe:

  • Rom 7:14
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    14For we knowe, that the lawe is spirituall: but I am carnall, solde vnder sinne.

  • 1 John 2:4
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    4He that sayth I knowe hym, and kepeth not his commaundementes, is a lyer, and the veritie is not in hym:

  • Rom 2:2
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    2But we are sure that the iudgement of god is according to the trueth, against them which commit such thynges.

  • 1 John 2:6
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    6He that sayth he bydeth in him, ought to walke euen as he walked.

  • Rom 6:15
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    15What then? Shall we sinne, because we are not vnder the lawe, but vnder grace? God forbyd.