1 John 3:6
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“No one who remains in Him keeps on sinning. No one who continues to sin has seen Him or known Him.”
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“No one who remains in Him keeps on sinning. No one who continues to sin has seen Him or known Him.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“Whosoever abideth in him sinneth not: whosoever sinneth hath not seen him, neither known him.”
King James Version · Public Domain“Whosoever abideth in him sinneth not: whosoever sinneth hath not seen him, neither knoweth him.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“every one who is remaining in him doth not sin; every one who is sinning, hath not seen him, nor known him.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo 1 John 3:6 — 10 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- John 15:4Remain in Me, and I will remain in you. Just as no branch can bear fruit by itself unless it remains in the vine, neither can you bear fruit unless you remain in Me.
- 2 Corinthians 3:18And we, who with unveiled faces all reflect the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into His image with intensifying glory, which comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit.
- 2 Corinthians 4:6For God, who said, “Let light shine out of darkness,” made His light shine in our hearts to give us the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.
- 1 John 2:4If anyone says, “I know Him,” but does not keep His commandments, he is a liar, and the truth is not in him.
- 1 John 2:28And now, little children, remain in Christ, so that when He appears, we may be confident and unashamed before Him at His coming.
- 1 John 3:2Beloved, we are now children of God, and what we will be has not yet been revealed. We know that when Christ appears, we will be like Him, for we will see Him as He is.
- 1 John 3:9Anyone born of God refuses to practice sin, because God’s seed abides in him; he cannot go on sinning, because he has been born of God.
- 1 John 4:8Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love.
- 1 John 5:18We know that anyone born of God does not keep on sinning; the One who was born of God protects him, and the evil one cannot touch him.
- 3 John 1:11Beloved, do not imitate what is evil, but what is good. The one who does good is of God; the one who does evil has not seen God.
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