Whoever remains in him doesn’t sin. Whoever sins hasn’t seen him and doesn’t know him.
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
1 John 3:6 in context
1 John 3:3–9
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Everyone who has this hope set on him purifies himself, even as he is pure.
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Everyone who sins also commits lawlessness. Sin is lawlessness.
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You know that he was revealed to take away our sins, and no sin is in him.
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Whoever remains in him doesn’t sin. Whoever sins hasn’t seen him and doesn’t know him.
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Little children, let no one lead you astray. He who does righteousness is righteous, even as he is righteous.
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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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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.
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