1 John 3:6

KJV1611 – Modern English

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

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  • 3 John 1:11 : 11 Beloved, do not follow what is evil, but what is good. He who does good is of God: but he who does evil has not seen God.
  • 1 John 2:4 : 4 He who says, I know him, and does not keep his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him.
  • 1 John 3:9 : 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.
  • 1 John 4:8 : 8 He who does not love does not know God, for God is love.
  • 2 Cor 4:6 : 6 For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, has shone in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.
  • 1 John 3:2 : 2 Beloved, now we are the children of God, and it has not yet been revealed what we shall be: but we know that when he appears, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is.
  • 1 John 5:18 : 18 We 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 2:28 : 28 And now, little children, abide in him, that when he appears, we may have confidence and not be ashamed before him at his coming.
  • John 15:4-7 : 4 Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit by itself, unless it abides in the vine, no more can you, unless you abide in me. 5 I am the vine, you are the branches. He who abides in me, and I in him, the same brings forth much fruit, for without me you can do nothing. 6 If anyone does not abide in me, he is cast forth as a branch and is withered; and men gather them and cast them into the fire, and they are burned. 7 If you abide in me, and my words abide in you, you shall ask what you will, and it shall be done for you.
  • 2 Cor 3:18 : 18 But we all, with unveiled faces beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord.

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

    4Whoever commits sin also transgresses the law: for sin is the transgression of the law.

    5And you know that he was manifested to take away our sins; and in him there is no sin.

  • 1 John 3:7-10
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    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 5:16-18
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    16If anyone sees his brother sinning a sin not leading to death, he will ask, and He will give him life for those who commit sin not leading to death. There is a sin leading to death; I do not say that he should pray about that.

    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.

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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.

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    5This then is the message which we have heard from him, and declare to you, that God is light, and in him there is no darkness at all.

    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.

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    3And by this we know that we know him, if we keep his commandments.

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

    5But whoever keeps his word, truly the love of God is perfected in him: by this we know that we are in him.

    6He who says he abides in him ought himself also to walk just as he walked.

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    24And he who keeps his commandments abides in him, and he in him. And by this we know that he abides in us, by the Spirit which he has given us.

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    28And now, little children, abide in him, that when he appears, we may have confidence and not be ashamed before him at his coming.

    29If you know that he is righteous, you know that everyone who practices righteousness is born of him.

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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:

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    12No one has seen God at any time. If we love one another, God dwells in us, and His love is perfected in us.

    13By this we know that we dwell in Him, and He in us, because He has given us of His Spirit.

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    11Beloved, do not follow what is evil, but what is good. He who does good is of God: but he who does evil has not seen God.

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    15Whoever confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God dwells in him, and he in God.

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    36He who believes in the Son has everlasting life, and he who does not believe the Son shall not see life, but the wrath of God abides on him.

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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.

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    18He who believes in him is not condemned, but he who does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.

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    14We know that we have passed from death to life, because we love the brothers. He who does not love his brother abides in death.

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

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    9But he who lacks these things is blind, and cannot see afar off, and has forgotten that he was cleansed from his old sins.

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    12He who has the Son has life; he who does not have the Son of God does not have life.

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    46Not that any man has seen the Father, except he who is from God, he has seen the Father.

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    10He who loves his brother abides in the light, and there is no cause for stumbling in him.

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    22Who committed no sin, nor was deceit found in His mouth:

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    21Beloved, if our heart does not condemn us, then we have confidence toward God.

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    8He who does not love does not know God, for God is love.

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    15Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him.