1 John 3:4
All those who sin are lawless, because sin is lawlessness.
Free Bible Version
In The King James Version
Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also the law: for sin is the transgression of the law.
In Context
3All those who have this hope in them make sure they are pure, just as he is pure.
5But of course you know that Jesus came to take away sins, and that there is no sin in him.
Cross References
1 Samuel 15:24“I have sinned,” Saul confessed to Samuel. “I disobeyed the Lord's orders and your instructions, because I was afraid of the people and followed what they said.
1 Chronicles 10:13Saul died because he was unfaithful to the Lord. He did not keep the Lord's commands, and he also went to consult a medium.
Isaiah 53:8Through force and a death sentence he was killed —who cared what happened to him? He was executed, removed from the land of the living; he was killed because of my people's wickedness.
Romans 3:20For no one is made right before God by doing what the law requires. The law only helps us recognize what sin really is.
Romans 7:7So what do we conclude? That the law is sin? Of course not! I wouldn't have known what sin was unless the law defined it. I wouldn't have realized that wanting to have other people's things for myself was wrong without the law that says, “Don't desire for yourself what belongs to someone else.”
James 2:9But if you show favoritism, you're sinning. The law convicts you as guilty of breaking it.
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 →