1 John 3:5
And you know that he was manifested, that he might take away our sins; and in him there is no sin.
Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament
In The King James Version
And ye know that he was manifested to take away our sins; and in him is no sin.
In Context
4Every one that works sin, works also transgression of law: and sin is transgression of law.
6Whoever abides in him, sins not. Whoever sins, has neither seen him nor known him.
Cross References
Matthew 1:21And she will bear a son, and you shall call his name Jesus; for he will save his people from their sins.
Luke 23:47When the centurion saw what was done, he glorified God, saying: Truly, this was a righteous man.
John 1:31And I knew him not; but that he might be made manifest to Israel, for this reason I have come immersing in water.
John 14:30I will not talk much more with you; for the prince of this world is coming, and has nothing in me.
2 Corinthians 5:21for he has made him, who knew no sin, a sin-offering for us, that we might become the righteousness of God in him.
Matthew Henry on 1 John 3:5-11
The Mark of God's Children. ( a. d. 80.) 4 Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also the law: for sin is the transgression of the law. 5 And ye know that he was manifested to take away our sins; and in him is no sin. 6 Whosoever abideth in him sinneth not: whosoever sinneth hath not seen him, neither known him. 7 Little children, let no man deceive you: he that doeth righteousness is righteous, even as he is righteous. 8 He that committeth sin is of the devil; for the devil sinneth from the beginning. For this… Read the whole commentary →