⁴ Everyone who practices sin also practices lawlessness; and ^(A)sin is lawlessness. ⁵ You know that He ^(B)appeared in order to ^(C)take away sins; and ^(D)in Him there is no sin. ⁶ No one who remains in Him ^(E)sins continually; no one who sins continually has seen Him or ^[a](F)knows Him. ^7 (G)Little children, make sure no one ^(H)deceives you; ^(I)the one who practices righteousness is righteous, just as He is righteous; ⁸ the one who practices sin is ^(J)of the devil; for the devil ^[b]has been sinning from the beginning. ^(K)The Son of God ^(L)appeared for this purpose, ^(M)to destroy the works of the devil. ⁹ No one who has been ^(N)born of God practices sin, because His seed remains in him; and he cannot sin continually, because he has been born of God. ¹⁰ By this the ^(O)children of God and the ^(P)children of the devil are obvious: ^[c]anyone who does not practice righteousness is not of God, nor the one who ^(Q)does not love his ^(R)brother and sister.