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Children of God

1 John 3:6

In 9 translations

BSB
No one who remains in Him keeps on sinning. No one who continues to sin has seen Him or known Him.
KJV
Whosoever abideth in him sinneth not: whosoever sinneth hath not seen him, neither known him.
WEB
Whoever remains in him doesn’t sin. Whoever sins hasn’t seen him and doesn’t know him.
ASV
Whosoever abideth in him sinneth not: whosoever sinneth hath not seen him, neither knoweth him.
LSV
everyone who is remaining in Him does not sin; everyone who is sinning, has not seen Him, nor known Him.
YLT
every one who is remaining in him doth not sin; every one who is sinning, hath not seen him, nor known him.
DBY
Whoever abides in him, does not sin: whoever sins, has not seen him or known him.
DRC
Whosoever abideth in him, sinneth not; and whosoever sinneth, hath not seen him, nor known him.
GNV
Whosoeuer abideth in him, sinneth not: whosoeuer sinneth, hath not seene him, neither hath knowen him.

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Original-language editions

SBLGNT
πᾶς ὁ ἐν αὐτῷ μένων οὐχ ἁμαρτάνει· πᾶς ὁ ἁμαρτάνων οὐχ ἑώρακεν αὐτὸν οὐδὲ ἔγνωκεν αὐτόν.
RP2018
Πᾶς ὁ ἐν αὐτῷ μένων οὐχ ἁμαρτάνει· πᾶς ὁ ἁμαρτάνων οὐχ ἑώρακεν αὐτόν, οὐδὲ ἔγνωκεν αὐτόν.
TR-Boyd
Πᾶς ὁ ἐν αὐτῷ μένων οὐχ ἁμαρτάνει· πᾶς ὁ ἁμαρτάνων οὐχ ἑώρακεν αὐτόν, οὐδὲ ἔγνωκεν αὐτόν.
SCR1894
πας ο εν αυτω μενων ουχ αμαρτανει πας ο αμαρτανων ουχ εωρακεν αυτον ουδε εγνωκεν αυτον

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

From public-domain Bible dictionaries and topical indexes (1884–1915).

Cross-references most cited first

  • 3 John 1:11Beloved, do not imitate what is evil, but what is good. The one who does good is of God; the one who does evil has not seen God.
  • 1 John 3:9Anyone born of God refuses to practice sin, because God’s seed abides in him; he cannot go on sinning, because he has been born of God.
  • 1 John 2:4If anyone says, “I know Him,” but does not keep His commandments, he is a liar, and the truth is not in him.
  • 1 John 4:8Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love.
  • John 15:4–7Remain in Me, and I will remain in you. Just as no branch can bear fruit by itself unless it remains in the vine, neither can you bear fruit unless you remain in Me. I am the vine and you are the branches. The one who…
  • 1 John 5:18We know that anyone born of God does not keep on sinning; the One who was born of God protects him, and the evil one cannot touch him.
  • 1 John 3:2Beloved, we are now children of God, and what we will be has not yet been revealed. We know that when Christ appears, we will be like Him, for we will see Him as He is.
  • 2 Corinthians 4:6For God, who said, “Let light shine out of darkness,” made His light shine in our hearts to give us the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.
  • 1 John 2:28And now, little children, remain in Christ, so that when He appears, we may be confident and unashamed before Him at His coming.
  • 2 Corinthians 3:18And we, who with unveiled faces all reflect the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into His image with intensifying glory, which comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit.

From the OpenBible.info cross-reference set (votes from readers; not every link is a quotation or allusion).

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  • Content check: text resembles KJV 1John.3.5 (word overlap 0.43) more than 1John.3.6 (0.14); mapping unverified.

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