1 John 3:4
Everyone who practices sin practices lawlessness as well. Indeed, sin is lawlessness.
Majority Standard Bible
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 Christ is pure.
5But you know that Christ appeared to take away our sins, and in Him there is no sin.
Cross References
1 Samuel 15:24Then Saul said to Samuel, “I have sinned; I have transgressed the LORD’s commandment and your instructions, because I feared the people and obeyed their voice.
1 Chronicles 10:13So Saul died for his unfaithfulness to the LORD, because he did not keep the word of the LORD and even consulted a medium for guidance,
Isaiah 53:8By oppression and judgment He was taken away, and who can recount His descendants? For He was cut off from the land of the living; He was stricken for the transgression of My people.
Romans 3:20Therefore no one will be justified in His sight by works of the law. For the law merely brings awareness of sin.
Romans 7:7What then shall we say? Is the law sin? Certainly not! Indeed, I would not have been mindful of sin if not for the law. For I would not have been aware of coveting if the law had not said, “Do not covet.”
James 2:9But if you show favoritism, you 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 →