1 John 3:6
No one who continues in union with Him lives in sin: no one who lives in sin has seen Him or knows Him.
Weymouth NT (1912)
In The King James Version
Whosoever abideth in him sinneth not: whosoever sinneth hath not seen him, neither known him.
In Context
5And you know that He appeared in order to take away sins; and in Him there is no sin.
Cross References
2 Corinthians 3:18And all of us, with unveiled faces, reflecting like bright mirrors the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same likeness, from one degree of radiant holiness to another, even as derived from the Lord the Spirit.
1 John 2:4He who professes to know Him, and yet does not obey His commands, is a liar, and the truth has no place in his heart.
1 John 3:2Dear friends, we are now God's children, but what we are to be in the future has not yet been fully revealed. We know that if Christ reappears we shall be like Him, because we shall see Him as He is.
1 John 4:8He who is destitute of love has never had any knowledge of God; because God is love.
3 John 1:11My dear friend, do not follow wrong examples, but right ones. He who habitually does what is right is a child of God: he who habitually does what is wrong has not seen God.
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 →