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1 John 3:6
Anyone who is in him does no sin; anyone who is a sinner has not seen him and has no knowledge of him.
1 John 3:6 · Bible in Basic English
1 John 3:6 in other translations
Whosoever abideth in him sinneth not: whosoever sinneth hath not seen him, neither known him.
No one who remains in Him keeps on sinning. No one who continues to sin has seen Him or known Him.
Whoever remains in him doesn’t sin. Whoever sins hasn’t seen him and doesn’t know him.
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In context
3 And everyone who has this hope in him makes himself holy, even as he is holy.
4 Everyone who is a sinner goes against the law, for sin is going against the law.
5 And you have knowledge that he came to take away sin: and in him there is no sin.
6 Anyone who is in him does no sin; anyone who is a sinner has not seen him and has no knowledge of him.
7 My little children, let no man take you out of the true way: he who does righteousness is upright, even as he is upright;
8 The sinner is a child of the Evil One; for the Evil One has been a sinner from the first. And the Son of God was seen on earth so that he might put an end to the works of the Evil One.
9 Anyone who is a child of God does no sin, because he still has God's seed in him; he is not able to be a sinner, because God is his Father.
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