Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version No one who lives in him keeps on sinning. No one who continues to sin has either seen him or known him. New Living Translation Anyone who continues to live in him will not sin. But anyone who keeps on sinning does not know him or understand who he is. English Standard Version No one who abides in him keeps on sinning; no one who keeps on sinning has either seen him or known him. Berean Standard Bible No one who remains in Him keeps on sinning. No one who continues to sin has seen Him or known Him. Berean Literal Bible Anyone abiding in Him does not sin; anyone sinning has not seen Him, nor has he known Him. King James Bible Whosoever abideth in him sinneth not: whosoever sinneth hath not seen him, neither known him. New King James Version Whoever abides in Him does not sin. Whoever sins has neither seen Him nor known Him. New American Standard Bible No one who remains in Him sins continually; no one who sins continually has seen Him or knows Him. NASB 1995 No one who abides in Him sins; no one who sins has seen Him or knows Him. NASB 1977 No one who abides in Him sins; no one who sins has seen Him or knows Him. Legacy Standard Bible No one who abides in Him sins; no one who sins has seen Him or has come to know Him. Amplified Bible No one who abides in Him [who remains united in fellowship with Him—deliberately, knowingly, and habitually] practices sin. No one who habitually sins has seen Him or known Him. Christian Standard Bible Everyone who remains in him does not sin; everyone who sins has not seen him or known him. Holman Christian Standard Bible Everyone who remains in Him does not sin; everyone who sins has not seen Him or known Him. American Standard Version Whosoever abideth in him sinneth not: whosoever sinneth hath not seen him, neither knoweth him. Aramaic Bible in Plain English No one who remains in him commits sin, and no one who sins has seen him, neither has he known him. Contemporary English Version 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. Douay-Rheims Bible Whosoever abideth in him, sinneth not; and whosoever sinneth, hath not seen him, nor known him. English Revised Version Whosoever abideth in him sinneth not: whosoever sinneth hath not seen him, neither knoweth him. GOD'S WORD® Translation Those who live in Christ don't go on sinning. Those who go on sinning haven't seen or known Christ. Good News Translation So everyone who lives in union with Christ does not continue to sin; but whoever continues to sin has never seen him or known him. International Standard Version No one who remains in union with him keeps on sinning. The one who keeps on sinning hasn't seen him or known him. Literal Standard Version everyone who is remaining in Him does not sin; everyone who is sinning, has not seen Him, nor known Him. Majority Standard Bible No one who remains in Him keeps on sinning. No one who continues to sin has seen Him or known Him. New American Bible No one who remains in him sins; no one who sins has seen him or known him. NET Bible Everyone who resides in him does not sin; everyone who sins has neither seen him nor known him. New Revised Standard Version No one who abides in him sins; no one who sins has either seen him or known him. New Heart English Bible Whoever remains in him does not sin. Whoever sins hasn't seen him, neither knows him. Webster's Bible Translation Whoever abideth in him sinneth not: whoever sinneth hath not seen him, neither known him. Weymouth New Testament No one who continues in union with Him lives in sin: no one who lives in sin has seen Him or knows Him. World English Bible Whoever remains in him doesn’t sin. Whoever sins hasn’t seen him and doesn’t know him. Young's Literal Translation every one who is remaining in him doth not sin; every one who is sinning, hath not seen him, nor known him. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Children of God…5But you know that Christ appeared to take away sins, and in Him there is no sin. 6No one who remains in Him keeps on sinning. No one who continues to sin has seen Him or known Him. 7Little children, let no one deceive you: The one who practices righteousness is righteous, just as Christ is righteous.… Cross References 1 John 2:3 By this we can be sure that we have come to know Him: if we keep His commandments. 1 John 2:4 If anyone says, "I know Him," but does not keep His commandments, he is a liar, and the truth is not in him. 1 John 3:9 Anyone 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. 3 John 1:11 Beloved, 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. Treasury of Scripture Whoever stays in him sins not: whoever sins has not seen him, neither known him. abideth. 1 John 2:28 And now, little children, abide in him; that, when he shall appear, we may have confidence, and not be ashamed before him at his coming. John 15:4-7 Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine; no more can ye, except ye abide in me… whosoever. 1 John 3:2,9 Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is… 1 John 2:4 He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him. 1 John 4:8 He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love. Jump to Previous Abides Abideth Continues Either Hasn't Keeps Remaining Sin Sinner Sinneth Sinning Sins UnionJump to Next Abides Abideth Continues Either Hasn't Keeps Remaining Sin Sinner Sinneth Sinning Sins Union1 John 3 1. He declares the singular love of God toward us, in making us his sons;3. who therefore ought obediently to keep his commandments; 11. as also to love one another as brothers. Verse 6. - Every one that abideth in Christ ipso facto sinneth not; for, if he sins, he ceases to abide in him. Just in so far as he abides, he does not sin. Or it may mean that be who abides in Christ cannot deliberately and habitually sin. But then would not St. John have written, "He that abideth in Christ abideth not in sin"? But the main difficulty is in the second half. In what sense is it true that every one that sinneth hath not seen Christ? In the main two explanations are given. (1) The Greek perfect expresses the present and permanent result of a past action, and is often equivalent to a present. No doubt; and all would be easy if we had only to deal with ὤγνωκε, which means, "he hath come to know," equivalent to "he knoweth." But does ἑώρακε ever mean "he seeth," as Alford suggests as the best rendering for a version? If St. John simply means that whoever sins thereby ceases to see and know Christ, he would hardly express himself thus. (2) The fact of the man's sinning proves that his perception and knowledge have been imperfect, if not superficial, or even imaginary; just as the fact of Christians leaving the Church proves that they never were really members of it (1 John 2:19). This explanation is preferable. In verse 2 we were told that seeing God will make us like God; and similarly, to see and know Christ make us like Christ. Whoever is unlike Christ, to that extent has not seen nor come to know him. The best of us, it may be, have seen but the hem of his garment. Greek No oneπᾶς (pas) Adjective - Nominative Masculine Singular Strong's 3956: All, the whole, every kind of. Including all the forms of declension; apparently a primary word; all, any, every, the whole. who ὁ (ho) Article - Nominative Masculine Singular Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. remains μένων (menōn) Verb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Singular Strong's 3306: To remain, abide, stay, wait; with acc: I wait for, await. A primary verb; to stay. in ἐν (en) Preposition Strong's 1722: In, on, among. A primary preposition denoting position, and instrumentality, i.e. A relation of rest; 'in, ' at, on, by, etc. Him αὐτῷ (autō) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative Masculine 3rd Person Singular Strong's 846: He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons. keeps on sinning. ἁμαρτάνει (hamartanei) Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular Strong's 264: Perhaps from a and the base of meros; properly, to miss the mark, i.e. to err, especially to sin. No one πᾶς (pas) Adjective - Nominative Masculine Singular Strong's 3956: All, the whole, every kind of. Including all the forms of declension; apparently a primary word; all, any, every, the whole. who ὁ (ho) Article - Nominative Masculine Singular Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. continues to sin ἁμαρτάνων (hamartanōn) Verb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Singular Strong's 264: Perhaps from a and the base of meros; properly, to miss the mark, i.e. to err, especially to sin. has seen ἑώρακεν (heōraken) Verb - Perfect Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular Strong's 3708: Properly, to stare at, i.e. to discern clearly; by extension, to attend to; by Hebraism, to experience; passively, to appear. Him αὐτὸν (auton) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative Masculine 3rd Person Singular Strong's 846: He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons. [or] οὐδὲ (oude) Conjunction Strong's 3761: Neither, nor, not even, and not. From ou and de; not however, i.e. Neither, nor, not even. known ἔγνωκεν (egnōken) Verb - Perfect Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular Strong's 1097: A prolonged form of a primary verb; to 'know' in a great variety of applications and with many implications. Him. αὐτόν (auton) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative Masculine 3rd Person Singular Strong's 846: He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons. Links 1 John 3:6 NIV1 John 3:6 NLT 1 John 3:6 ESV 1 John 3:6 NASB 1 John 3:6 KJV 1 John 3:6 BibleApps.com 1 John 3:6 Biblia Paralela 1 John 3:6 Chinese Bible 1 John 3:6 French Bible 1 John 3:6 Catholic Bible NT Letters: 1 John 3:6 Whoever remains in him doesn't sin (1J iJ 1Jn i jn 1 jo) |
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