1 John 3:4
Everyone who practices sin also practices lawlessness, and sin is lawlessness.
English Majority Text (NT)
In The King James Version
Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also the law: for sin is the transgression of the law.
In Context
3And everyone who has this hope in Him purifies himself, just as He is pure.
5And you know that He appeared that He might take away our sins, and in Him there is no sin.
Cross References
Romans 3:20Therefore by works of the law no flesh shall be justified in His sight, for through the law comes the knowledge of sin. 1 Righteousness Through Faith
Romans 7:7What shall we say then? Is the law sin? By no means! On the contrary, I would not have known sin except through the law. For I would not have known lust unless the law had said, “ You shall not covet.”
James 2:9but if you show partiality, you commit sin, and are convicted by the law as transgressors.
Matthew Henry on 1 John 3:2-4
Adoption. ( a. d. 80.) 1 Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God: therefore the world knoweth us not, because it knew him not. 2 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. 3 And every man that hath this hope in him purifieth himself, even as he is pure. The apostle, having shown the dignity of Christ's faithful followers,… Read the whole commentary →