1 John 3:4

1 John chapter 3 · verse 4 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

World English Bible · 2000

Every one that doeth sin doeth also lawlessness; and sin is lawlessness.

King James Version · 1611

Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also the law: for sin is the transgression of the law.

American Standard Version · 1901

Every one that doeth sin doeth also lawlessness; and sin is lawlessness.

v.3And every one that hath this hope set on him purifieth himself, even as he is pure.

v.4This passage

v.5And ye know that he was manifested to take away sins; and in him is no sin.

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

James 2:9
but if ye have respect of persons, ye commit sin, being convicted by the law as transgressors.
1 John 3:8
he that doeth sin is of the devil; for the devil sinneth from the beginning. To this end was the Son of God manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil.
1 Chronicles 10:13
So Saul died for his trespass which he committed against Jehovah, because of the word of Jehovah, which he kept not; and also for that he asked counsel of one that had a familiar spirit, to inquire thereby,
Numbers 15:31
Because he hath despised the word of Jehovah, and hath broken his commandment, that soul shall utterly be cut off; his iniquity shall be upon him.
2 Chronicles 24:20
And the Spirit of God came upon Zechariah the son of Jehoiada the priest; and he stood above the people, and said unto them, Thus saith God, Why transgress ye the commandments of Jehovah, so that ye cannot prosper? because ye have forsaken Jehovah, he hath also forsaken you.
2 Corinthians 12:21
lest again when I come my God should humble me before you, and I should mourn for many of them that have sinned heretofore, and repented not of the uncleanness and fornication and lasciviousness which they committed.