1 John 3:5
And you know that he appeared in order that he might take away our sins. For in him there is no sin.
Catholic Public Domain Version
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
4Everyone who commits a sin, also commits iniquity. For sin is iniquity.
6Everyone who abides in him does not sin. For whoever sins has not seen him, and has not known him.
Cross References
Isaiah 53:4Truly, he has taken away our weaknesses, and he himself has carried our sorrows. And we thought of him as if he were a leper, or as if he had been struck by God and humiliated.
Matthew 1:21And she shall give birth to a son. And you shall call his name JESUS. For he shall accomplish the salvation of his people from their sins.”
Luke 23:47Now, the centurion, seeing what had happened, glorified God, saying, “Truly, this man was the Just One.”
John 1:31And I did not know him. Yet it is for this reason that I come baptizing with water: so that he may be made manifest in Israel.”
John 14:30I will not now speak at length with you. For the prince of this world is coming, but he does not have anything in me.
2 Corinthians 5:21For God made him who did not know sin to be sin for us, so that we might become the justice 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 →