1 John 3:4

KJV1611 – Modern English

Whoever commits sin also transgresses the law: for sin is the transgression of the law.

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  • 1 John 5:17 : 17 All unrighteousness is sin, and there is a sin not leading to death.
  • Rom 3:20 : 20 Therefore by the deeds of the law no flesh will be justified in His sight: for by the law is the knowledge of sin.
  • Rom 4:15 : 15 Because the law produces wrath; for where there is no law, there is no transgression.
  • 2 Cor 12:21 : 21 And lest, when I come again, my God will humble me among you, and that I shall mourn for many who have sinned already and have not repented of the uncleanness and fornication and lasciviousness which they have committed.
  • Rom 7:7-9 : 7 What shall we say then? Is the law sin? Certainly not. Indeed, I would not have known sin except through the law: for I would not have known lust unless the law had said, 'You shall not covet.' 8 But sin, taking opportunity by the commandment, worked in me all kinds of covetousness. For without the law, sin was dead. 9 For I was alive once without the law, but when the commandment came, sin revived, and I died. 10 And the commandment, which was intended for life, I found to be leading to death. 11 For sin, taking occasion by the commandment, deceived me, and by it killed me. 12 Therefore the law is holy, and the commandment holy, and just, and good. 13 Was then that which is good made death unto me? Certainly not. But sin, that it might appear sin, was producing death in me through what is good; that sin through the commandment might become exceedingly sinful.
  • Num 15:31 : 31 Because he has despised the word of the LORD, and has broken His commandment, that soul shall be completely cut off; his iniquity shall be upon him.
  • 1 Sam 15:24 : 24 And Saul said to Samuel, I have sinned, for I have transgressed the commandment of the LORD, and your words: because I feared the people, and obeyed their voice.
  • 1 Kgs 8:47 : 47 Yet if they shall come to themselves in the land where they were carried captives, and repent, and make supplication to you in the land of those who carried them captives, saying, We have sinned, and have done perversely, we have committed wickedness;
  • 1 Chr 10:13 : 13 So Saul died for his transgression which he committed against the LORD, even against the word of the LORD, which he did not keep; and also for asking counsel of one that had a familiar spirit, to inquire of it;
  • 2 Chr 24:20 : 20 And the Spirit of God came upon Zechariah the son of Jehoiada the priest, who stood above the people, and said to them, Thus says God, Why do you transgress the commandments of the LORD, so that you cannot prosper? Because you have forsaken the LORD, He has also forsaken you.
  • Isa 53:8 : 8 He was taken from prison and from judgment: and who shall declare his generation? For he was cut off from the land of the living: for the transgression of my people he was stricken.
  • Dan 9:11 : 11 Yes, all Israel has transgressed Your law, even by departing, that they might not obey Your voice; therefore, the curse is poured upon us, and the oath that is written in the law of Moses the servant of God, because we have sinned against Him.
  • Jas 2:9-9 : 9 But if you show partiality, you commit sin, and are convicted by the law as transgressors. 10 For whoever shall keep the whole law, and yet offend in one point, he is guilty of all. 11 For He who said, Do not commit adultery, also said, Do not kill. Now if you do not commit adultery, yet if you kill, you have become a transgressor of the law.
  • Jas 5:15 : 15 And the prayer of faith shall save the sick, and the Lord shall raise him up; and if he has committed sins, they shall be forgiven him.
  • 1 John 3:8-9 : 8 He who commits sin is of the devil; for the devil has sinned from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil. 9 Whoever is born of God does not commit sin; for his seed remains in him: and he cannot sin, because he is born of God.

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  • 1 John 3:5-10
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    5And you know that he was manifested to take away our sins; and in him there is no sin.

    6Whoever abides in him does not sin: whoever sins has not seen him, nor known him.

    7Little children, let no one deceive you: he who does righteousness is righteous, just as he is righteous.

    8He who commits sin is of the devil; for the devil has sinned from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil.

    9Whoever is born of God does not commit sin; for his seed remains in him: and he cannot sin, because he is born of God.

    10In this the children of God and the children of the devil are manifest: whoever does not do righteousness is not of God, nor he who does not love his brother.

  • 1 John 5:17-18
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    17All unrighteousness is sin, and there is a sin not leading to death.

    18We know that whoever is born of God does not sin, but he who is born of God keeps himself, and the wicked one does not touch him.

  • 1 John 1:6-10
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    6If we say that we have fellowship with him, and walk in darkness, we lie, and do not practice the truth:

    7But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanses us from all sin.

    8If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.

    9If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

    10If we say that we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us.

  • Jas 2:9-11
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    9But if you show partiality, you commit sin, and are convicted by the law as transgressors.

    10For whoever shall keep the whole law, and yet offend in one point, he is guilty of all.

    11For He who said, Do not commit adultery, also said, Do not kill. Now if you do not commit adultery, yet if you kill, you have become a transgressor of the law.

  • 1 John 3:3
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    3And everyone who has this hope in him purifies himself, just as he is pure.

  • Jas 4:17
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    17Therefore, to him who knows to do good and does not do it, to him it is sin.

  • John 8:34
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    34Jesus answered them, Verily, verily, I say to you, Whoever commits sin is a slave of sin.

  • 1 John 2:1-2
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    1My little children, I write these things to you so that you do not sin. And if anyone sins, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous:

    2And he is the atonement for our sins, and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world.

  • Rom 4:15
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    15Because the law produces wrath; for where there is no law, there is no transgression.

  • Rom 2:12
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    12For as many as have sinned without law shall also perish without law: and as many as have sinned under the law shall be judged by the law;

  • Rom 3:20
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    20Therefore by the deeds of the law no flesh will be justified in His sight: for by the law is the knowledge of sin.

  • Rom 7:7-8
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    7What shall we say then? Is the law sin? Certainly not. Indeed, I would not have known sin except through the law: for I would not have known lust unless the law had said, 'You shall not covet.'

    8But sin, taking opportunity by the commandment, worked in me all kinds of covetousness. For without the law, sin was dead.

  • John 3:20-21
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    20Everyone who does evil hates the light and does not come to the light, lest his deeds should be exposed.

    21But he who does the truth comes to the light, that his deeds may be clearly seen, that they have been done in God.

  • 2 John 1:9
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    9Whoever transgresses and does not abide in the doctrine of Christ does not have God. He who abides in the doctrine of Christ has both the Father and the Son.

  • Rom 5:12-13
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    12Therefore, just as through one man sin entered the world, and death through sin, and thus death spread to all men, because all sinned:

    13For until the law sin was in the world, but sin is not charged when there is no law.

  • 2 Cor 5:21
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    21For he made him who knew no sin to be sin for us, that we might become the righteousness of God in him.

  • Jas 1:15
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    15Then when lust has conceived, it gives birth to sin: and sin, when it is full-grown, brings forth death.

  • 1 John 2:29
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    29If you know that he is righteous, you know that everyone who practices righteousness is born of him.

  • 1 Tim 1:9-10
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    9Knowing this, that the law is not made for a righteous person, but for the lawless and disobedient, for the ungodly and for sinners, for the unholy and profane, for murderers of fathers and murderers of mothers, for manslayers,

    10For fornicators, for those who defile themselves with mankind, for kidnappers, for liars, for perjurers, and if there is any other thing that is contrary to sound doctrine,

  • Lev 5:17
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    17And if a person sins, and commits any of these things which are forbidden to be done by the commandments of the LORD; though he did not know it, yet he is guilty, and shall bear his guilt.

  • 1 Cor 6:18
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    18Flee fornication. Every sin that a man does is outside the body; but he who commits fornication sins against his own body.

  • Rom 3:9
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    9What then? Are we better than they? Not at all: for we have already charged both Jews and Gentiles, that they are all under sin;

  • Lev 6:3
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    3Or if he has found what was lost and lies about it, and swears falsely; in any of these things a person may do, sinning therein:

  • Num 5:6
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    6Speak to the children of Israel, When a man or woman commits any sin that people commit by breaking faith with the LORD, and that person is guilty;

  • Rom 7:17
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    17Now then it is no longer I who do it, but sin that dwells in me.

  • Rom 5:20
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    20Moreover, the law entered that the offense might abound. But where sin abounded, grace abounded much more:

  • Rom 3:23
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    23for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God;

  • Rom 8:3
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    3For what the law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God did by sending His own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, to condemn sin in the flesh.

  • Rom 7:14
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    14For we know that the law is spiritual, but I am carnal, sold under sin.

  • 1 John 2:4
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    4He who says, I know him, and does not keep his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him.

  • Rom 2:2
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    2But we are sure that the judgment of God is according to truth against those who commit such things.

  • 1 John 2:6
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    6He who says he abides in him ought himself also to walk just as he walked.

  • Rom 6:15
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    15What then? Shall we sin because we are not under the law but under grace? Certainly not.