1 John 3:4-8

Contemporary English Version

⁴ Everyone who sins breaks God's law, because sin is the same as breaking God's law. ^5 (A) You know Christ came to take away our sins. He isn't sinful, ⁶ and people who stay one in their hearts with him won't keep on sinning. If they do keep on sinning, they don't know Christ, and they have never seen him.

⁷ Children, don't be fooled. Anyone who does right is good, just like Christ himself. ⁸ Anyone who keeps on sinning belongs to the devil. He has sinned from the beginning, but the Son of God came to destroy all that he has done.