Verse 6

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.