1 John 3:5
and you have known that He appeared that He may take away our sins, and sin is not in Him;
Literal Standard 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 is doing sin, he also does lawlessness, and sin is lawlessness,
Cross References
Isaiah 53:4Surely He has borne our sicknesses, || And our pains—He has carried them, || And we have esteemed Him [as] plagued, struck of God, and afflicted.
Matthew 1:21and she will bring forth a Son, and you will call His Name Jesus, for He will save His people from their sins.”
Luke 23:47And the centurion having seen what was done, glorified God, saying, “Truly this Man was righteous”;
John 1:31and I did not know Him, but that He might be revealed to Israel, because of this I came immersing in water.”
John 14:30I will no longer talk much with you, for the ruler of this world comes, and he has nothing in Me;
2 Corinthians 5:21He made Him having not known sin [to be] sin in our behalf, that we may 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 →