New American Standard Bible 1995

1 John 3:4-9

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.

9No one who is 16 17born of God 18practices sin, because His seed abides in him; and he cannot sin, because he is 19born of God.

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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 ↩
16. 1 John 3:9 Or begotten ↩
17. 1 John 3:9 John 1:13; 3:3; 1 John 2:29; 4:7; 5:1, 4, 18; 3 John 11 ↩
18. 1 John 3:9 1 Pet 1:23; 1 John 3:6; 5:18 ↩
19. 1 John 3:9 Or begotten ↩

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