1 John 3:4
Everyone who sins is committing acts of lawlessness, for sin is lawlessness.
Unlocked Literal Bible
In The King James Version
Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also the law: for sin is the transgression of the law.
In Context
3Everyone who has this hope fixed on him purifies himself just as he is pure.
5You know that Christ was revealed in order to take away sins, and in him there is no sin.
Cross References
1 Samuel 15:24Then Saul said to Samuel, “I have sinned; for I have broken Yahweh's commandment and your words, because I was afraid of the people and obeyed their voice.
1 Chronicles 10:13So Saul died because he was unfaithful to Yahweh. He did not obey Yahweh's instructions, but asked for advice from someone who talked with the dead.
Isaiah 53:8By coercion and judgment he was condemned; who from that generation thought anymore about him? 1 But he was cut off from the land of the living; because of the offenses of my people the penalty was put on him. 1
Romans 3:20This is because no flesh will be justified by the works of the law in his sight. For through the law comes the knowledge of sin.
Romans 7:7What will we say then? Is the law itself sin? May it never be. However, I would never have known sin, if it were not through the law. For I would not have known covetousness unless the law said, “You must not covet.”
James 2:9But if you favor certain people, you are committing sin, and you are convicted by the law as lawbreakers.
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 →