1 John 3:4
Everyone who commits sin commits lawlessness as well; yes, sin is lawlessness.
Family 35 New Testament
In The King James Version
Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also the law: for sin is the transgression of the law.
In Context
3—everyone who has this hope upon him purifies himself, even as He is pure.
5And you know that He was revealed in order to remove our sins—in Him there is no sin.
Cross References
Romans 3:20It follows that no flesh will be justified in His sight by the works of the law, because through the law comes the real knowledge of sin.
Romans 7:7So what shall we say then? Is the law sin? Of course not! Indeed, I would not have come to know the sin except through the law: I would not have recognized covetousness if the law had not said, “You must not covet.”
James 2:9but if you show partiality, you commit sin, being 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 →