[a]Whosoever [b]commiteth sin, transgresseth also the Law: for [c]sin is the transgression of the Law.

[d]And ye know that he was made manifest, that he might (A)take away our sins, and in him is no sin.

Whosoever abideth in him, sinneth not: whosoever [e]sinneth, hath not seen him, neither hath known him.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 John 3:4 The rule of this purity can from no whence else be taken but from the Law of God, the transgression whereof is that which is called sin.
  2. 1 John 3:4 Giveth not himself to pureness.
  3. 1 John 3:4 A short definition of sin.
  4. 1 John 3:5 An argument taken from the material cause of our salvation: Christ in himself is most pure, and he came to take away our sins, by sanctifying us with the holy Ghost. Therefore, whosoever is truly partaker of Christ doth not give himself to sin: and so contrariwise he that giveth himself to sin knoweth not Christ.
  5. 1 John 3:6 He is said to sin, that giveth not himself to pureness, and in him sin reigneth, but sin is said to dwell in the faithful, and not to reign in them.

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