New American Standard Bible 1995

1 John 3:4-8

4Everyone who practices sin also practices lawlessness; and 1sin is lawlessness.

5You know that He 2appeared in order to 3take away sins; and 4in Him there is no sin.

6No one who abides in Him 5sins; no one who sins has seen Him or 6 7knows Him.

7 8Little children, make sure no one 9deceives you; 10the one who practices righteousness is righteous, just as He is righteous;

8the one who practices sin is 11of the devil; for the devil 12has sinned from the beginning. 13The Son of God 14appeared for this purpose, 15to destroy the works of the devil.

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Notes

1. 1 John 3:4 Rom 4:15; 1 John 5:17 ↩
2. 1 John 3:5 1 John 1:2; 3:8 ↩
3. 1 John 3:5 John 1:29; 1 Pet 1:18-20; 1 John 2:2 ↩
4. 1 John 3:5 2 Cor 5:21; 1 John 2:29 ↩
5. 1 John 3:6 1 John 3:9 ↩
6. 1 John 3:6 Or has known ↩
7. 1 John 3:6 1 John 2:3; 3 John 11 ↩
8. 1 John 3:7 1 John 2:1 ↩
9. 1 John 3:7 1 John 2:26 ↩
10. 1 John 3:7 1 John 2:29 ↩
11. 1 John 3:8 Matt 13:38; John 8:44; 1 John 3:10 ↩
12. 1 John 3:8 Lit sins ↩
13. 1 John 3:8 Matt 4:3 ↩
14. 1 John 3:8 1 John 3:5 ↩
15. 1 John 3:8 John 12:31; 16:11 ↩

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