1 John 3:4
Everyone practicing chet also does averah, and chet is averah al HaTorah.
Orthodox Jewish Bible
In The King James Version
Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also the law: for sin is the transgression of the law.
In Context
Cross References
1 Samuel 15:24And Sha'ul said unto Shmuel, Chatati (I have sinned): for I have transgressed the commandment of Hashem, and thy words: because I feared HaAm, and listened to their voice.
1 Chronicles 10:13So Sha'ul died for his ma'al (unfaithfulness) which he committed against Hashem, even against the Devar Hashem, over which he was not shomer, and also for consulting an ov (one with a familiar spirit) to seek guidance;
Isaiah 53:8He was taken from prison and from judgment; 1 and who of his generation declared? 1 For he was cut off + 53:8 Dan 9:26; Lv 17:10 out of Eretz Chayyim + 53:8 this refers to the mot of Moshiach Ben Dovid, see v.12 1 mipesha ami (for the transgression of my people [Yisroel]), 1 nega + 53:8 cf. Ps 91:10 (plague) lamo ([fell] on him). + 53:8 i.e., Moshiach; in light of Ps 11:7 and Job 22:2 we are warranted in saying the suffix is a singular, “him,” not “them”. Cf Gn 9:26-27; Dt 33:2; Isa 44:15 ; also compare 1Chr 21:17 1
Romans 3:20For by + 3:20 Ro 2:17 [depending on] ma'asim of gezetz + 3:20 Ro 2:17; 4:2 shall KOL CHAI LO YITZDAK + 3:20 Ps 143:2 (all living not be justified), for through the gezetz + 3:20 Gn 2:16-17 (law) comes Da'as HaChet + 3:20 Gn 3:7 (knowledge of sin).
Romans 7:7What then shall we say? That the Gezetz is considered as chet (sin)? Chas v'shalom! Nevertheless, I would not have experienced chet (sin) except through the Gezetz; for I would not have known chamdanut (covetousness, greediness) if the Torah had not said, LO TACHMOD + 7:7 Ex 20:17 (Thou shalt not covet).
James 2:9But if you show maso panim (favoritism), you are chote'im (sinners) committing averos (transgressions) against the Torah. + 2:9 Dt 1:17
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 →