1 John 3:4-6 Part 1 of 2

Everyone who sins breaks the law; in fact, sin is lawlessness. But you know that he appeared so that he might take away our sins. And in him is no sin. No one who lives in him keeps on sinning. No one who continues to sin has either seen him or known him.

 

Everyone who sins breaks the law; in fact, sin is lawlessness.

1 John 5:17  All wrongdoing is sin, and there is sin that does not lead to death. (see verses 16-17)

1 John 2:1  My dear children, I write this to you so that you will not sin. but if anybody does sin, we have an advocate with the Father--Jesus Christ, the Righteous One. (see verses 1:5-2:2)

 

But you know that he appeared so that he might take away our sins. 

1 John 3:8  The one who does what is sinful is of the devil, because the devil has been sinning from the beginning. The reason the Son of God appeared was to destroy the devil's work.

John 3:17  For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him. (see verses 16-21)

Matthew 1:21  "She will give birth to a son, and you are to give him the name Jesus, because he will save his people from their sins." (see verses 18-25)

John 1:29  The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him and said, "Look, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!" (see verses 29-34)

John 12:47  "If anyone hears my words but does not keep them, I do not judge that person. For I did not come to judge the world, but to save the world." (see verses 37-50)

1 Timothy 1:15  Here is a trustworthy saying that deserves full acceptance: Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners--of whom I am the worst. (see verses 12-17)

1 John 2:2  He is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not only for ours but also for the sins of the whole world. (see verses 1:5-2:2)

 

And in him is no sin. 

2 Corinthians 5:21  God made him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God. (see verses 5:11-6:2)

1 Peter 2:22  "He committed no sin, and no deceit was found in his mouth." (Isaiah 53:9) (see verses 22-25)

1 Peter 2:24  "He himself bore our sins" (Isaiah 53:4) in his body on the cross, so that we might die to sins and live for righteousness; "by his wounds you have been healed." (Isaiah 53:5)

 

(parentheses are mine)

 

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