1 John 3:6-10
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
6 No one who abides in him sins;[a] no one who sins has either seen him or known him. 7 Little children, let no one deceive you. He who does right is righteous, as he is righteous. 8 He who commits sin is of the devil; for the devil has sinned from the beginning. The reason the Son of God appeared was to destroy the works of the devil. 9 No one born of God commits sin; for God’s[b] nature abides in him, and he cannot sin because he is[c] born of God. 10 By this it may be seen who are the children of God, and who are the children of the devil: whoever does not do right is not of God, nor he who does not love his brother.
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- 3.6 sins: i.e., remains in sin, or has a habit of sin.
- 1 John 3:9 Greek his
- 1 John 3:9 Or for the offspring of God abide in him, and they cannot sin because they are
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