1 John 3:6

World English Bible (2000)

Whoever remains in him doesn't sin. Whoever sins hasn't seen him, neither knows him.

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  • 3 John 1:11 : 11 Beloved, don't imitate that which is evil, but that which is good. He who does good is of God. He who does evil hasn't seen God.
  • 1 John 2:4 : 4 One who says, "I know him," and doesn't keep his commandments, is a liar, and the truth isn't in him.
  • 1 John 3:9 : 9 Whoever is born of God doesn't commit sin, because his seed remains in him; and he can't sin, because he is born of God.
  • 1 John 4:8 : 8 He who doesn't love doesn't know God, for God is love.
  • 2 Cor 4:6 : 6 seeing it is God who said, "Light will shine out of darkness," who 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 children of God, and it is not yet revealed what we will be. But we know that, when he is revealed, we will be like him; for we will see him just as he is.
  • 1 John 5:18 : 18 We know that whoever is born of God doesn't sin, but he who was born of God keeps himself, and the evil one doesn't touch him.
  • 1 John 2:28 : 28 Now, little children, remain in him, that when he appears, we may have boldness, and not be ashamed before him at his coming.
  • John 15:4-7 : 4 Remain in me, and I in you. As the branch can't bear fruit by itself, unless it remains in the vine, so neither can you, unless you remain in me. 5 I am the vine. You are the branches. He who remains in me, and I in him, the same bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing. 6 If a man doesn't remain in me, he is thrown out as a branch, and is withered; and they gather them, throw them into the fire, and they are burned. 7 If you remain in me, and my words remain in you, you will ask whatever you desire, and it will be done for you.
  • 2 Cor 3:18 : 18 But we all, with unveiled face beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are transformed into the same image from glory to glory, even as from the Lord, the Spirit.

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    4 Everyone who sins also commits lawlessness. Sin is lawlessness.

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  • 1 John 3:7-10
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    7 Little children, let no one lead you astray. He who does righteousness is righteous, even as he is righteous.

    8 He who sins is of the devil, for the devil has been sinning from the beginning. To this end the Son of God was revealed, that he might destroy the works of the devil.

    9 Whoever is born of God doesn't commit sin, because his seed remains in him; and he can't sin, because he is born of God.

    10 In this the children of God are revealed, and the children of the devil. Whoever doesn't do righteousness is not of God, neither is he who doesn't love his brother.

  • 1 John 5:16-18
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    16 If anyone sees his brother sinning a sin not leading to death, he shall ask, and God will give him life for those who sin not leading to death. There is a sin leading to death. I don't say that he should make a request concerning this.

    17 All unrighteousness is sin, and there is a sin not leading to death.

    18 We know that whoever is born of God doesn't sin, but he who was born of God keeps himself, and the evil one doesn't touch him.

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    9 Whoever transgresses and doesn't remain in the teaching of Christ, doesn't have God. He who remains in the teaching, the same has both the Father and the Son.

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

    6 If we say that we have fellowship with him and walk in the darkness, we lie, and don't tell the truth.

    7 But 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.

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

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

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    3 This is how we know that we know him: if we keep his commandments.

    4 One who says, "I know him," and doesn't keep his commandments, is a liar, and the truth isn't in him.

    5 But whoever keeps his word, God's love has most certainly been perfected in him. This is how we know that we are in him:

    6 he who says he remains in him ought himself also to walk just like he walked.

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    24 He who keeps his commandments remains in him, and he in him. By this we know that he remains in us, by the Spirit which he gave us.

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    28 Now, little children, remain in him, that when he appears, we may have boldness, and not be ashamed before him at his coming.

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    1 My little children, I write these things to you so that you may not sin. If anyone sins, we have a Counselor with the Father, Jesus Christ, the righteous.

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    12 No one has seen God at any time. If we love one another, God remains in us, and his love has been perfected in us.

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    11 Beloved, don't imitate that which is evil, but that which is good. He who does good is of God. He who does evil hasn't seen God.

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    14 We know that we have passed out of death into life, because we love the brothers. He who doesn't love his brother remains in death.

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    21 Beloved, if our hearts don't condemn us, we have boldness toward God;

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