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1 John 3:6 - Meaning and Application
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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition
" Whoever remains in him doesn’t sin. Whoever sins hasn’t seen him and doesn’t know him. "
1 John 3:6
Verse in Context
Understanding the surrounding verses prevents misinterpretation:
4 Everyone who sins also commits lawlessness. Sin is lawlessness.
5 You know that he was revealed to take away our sins, and no sin is in him.
6 Whoever remains in him doesn’t sin. Whoever sins hasn’t seen him and doesn’t know him.
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.
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1 John 3:1
"See how great a love the Father has given to us, that we should be called children of God! For this cause the world doesn’t know us, because it didn’t know him."
1 John 3:2
"Beloved, now we are children of God. 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 3:3
"Everyone who has this hope set on him purifies himself, even as he is pure."
1 John 3:4
"Everyone who sins also commits lawlessness. Sin is lawlessness."
1 John 3:5
"You know that he was revealed to take away our sins, and no sin is in him."
1 John 3:7
"Little children, let no one lead you astray. He who does righteousness is righteous, even as he is righteous."
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