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1 John 3:6

New American Standard Bible (NASB ©1995) [2]
— No one who abides in Him sins; no one who sins has seen Him or knows Him.
King James Version (KJV 1769) [2]
— Whosoever abideth in him sinneth not: whosoever sinneth hath not seen him, neither known him.
English Revised Version (ERV 1885)
— Whosoever abideth in him sinneth not: whosoever sinneth hath not seen him, neither knoweth him.
American Standard Version (ASV 1901) [2]
— Whosoever abideth in him sinneth not: whosoever sinneth hath not seen him, neither knoweth him.
Webster's Revision of the KJB (WEB 1833)
— Whoever abideth in him sinneth not: whoever sinneth hath not seen him, neither known him.
Darby's Translation (DBY 1890)
— Whoever abides in him, does not sin: whoever sins, has not seen him or known him.
Rotherham's Emphasized Bible (EBR 1902)
— Whosoever, in him, doth abide, is not sinning: whosoever is sinning, hath not seen him, and doth not understand him.
Young's Literal Translation (YLT 1898)
— every one who is remaining in him doth not sin; every one who is sinning, hath not seen him, nor known him.
Douay-Rheims Challoner Revision (DR 1750)
— Whosoever abideth in him sinneth not: and whosoever sinneth hath not seen him nor known him.
Geneva Bible (GNV 1560)
— Whosoeuer abideth in him, sinneth not: whosoeuer sinneth, hath not seene him, neither hath knowen him.
Original King James Bible (AV 1611) [2]
— Whosoeuer abideth in him, sinneth not: whosoeuer sinneth, hath not seene him, neither knowen him.
Lamsa Bible (1957)
— Whoever abides in him does not sin; and whoever sins has not seen him, neither known him.
John Etheridge Peshitta-Aramaic NT (1849)
— And every one who in him abideth, sinneth not. And every one who sinneth, hath not seen him, nor known him.
James Murdock Peshitta-Aramaic NT (1852)
— And every one that abideth in him, sinneth not: and every one that sinneth, hath not seen him, nor hath known him.

Strong's Numbers & Red-LettersGreek New TestamentColor-Code/Key Word Studies
Whosoever y3956
[3956] Standard
πᾶς
pas
{pas}
Including all the forms of declension; apparently a primary word; all, any, every, the whole.
x2956
(2956) Complement
Κυρηναῖος
Kurenaios
{koo-ray-nah'-yos}
From G2957; a Cyrenaean, that is, inhabitant of Cyrene.
abideth 3306
{3306} Prime
μένω
meno
{men'-o}
A primary verb; to stay (in a given place, state, relation or expectancy).
z5723
<5723> Grammar
Tense - Present (See G5774)
Voice - Active (See G5784)
Mood - Participle (See G5796)
Count - 2549
in 1722
{1722} Prime
ἐν
en
{en}
A primary preposition denoting (fixed) position (in place, time or state), and (by implication) instrumentality (medially or constructively), that is, a relation of rest (intermediate between G1519 and G1537); 'in', at, (up-) on, by, etc.
him 846
{0846} Prime
αὐτός
autos
{ow-tos'}
From the particle αὖ [[au]] (perhaps akin to the base of G0109 through the idea of a baffling wind; backward); the reflexive pronoun self, used (alone or in the compound of G1438) of the third person, and (with the proper personal pronoun) of the other persons.
sinneth 264
{0264} Prime
ἁμαρτάνω
hamartano
{ham-ar-tan'-o}
Perhaps from G0001 (as a negative particle) and the base of G3313; properly to miss the mark (and so not share in the prize), that is, (figuratively) to err, especially (morally) to sin.
z5719
<5719> Grammar
Tense - Present (See G5774)
Voice - Active (See G5784)
Mood - Indicative (See G5791)
Count - 3019
not: 3756
{3756} Prime
οὐ
ou
{oo}
A primary word; the absolutely negative (compare G3361) adverb; no or not.
whosoever 3956
{3956} Prime
πᾶς
pas
{pas}
Including all the forms of declension; apparently a primary word; all, any, every, the whole.
sinneth 264
{0264} Prime
ἁμαρτάνω
hamartano
{ham-ar-tan'-o}
Perhaps from G0001 (as a negative particle) and the base of G3313; properly to miss the mark (and so not share in the prize), that is, (figuratively) to err, especially (morally) to sin.
z5723
<5723> Grammar
Tense - Present (See G5774)
Voice - Active (See G5784)
Mood - Participle (See G5796)
Count - 2549
hath y3708
[3708] Standard
ὁράω
horao
{hor-ah'-o}
Properly to stare at (compare G3700), that is, (by implication) to discern clearly (physically or mentally); by extension to attend to; by Hebraism to experience; passively to appear.
z0
<0000> Grammar
The original word in the Greek or Hebrew is translated by more than one word in the English. The English translation is separated by one or more other words from the original.
not 3756
{3756} Prime
οὐ
ou
{oo}
A primary word; the absolutely negative (compare G3361) adverb; no or not.
seen 3708
{3708} Prime
ὁράω
horao
{hor-ah'-o}
Properly to stare at (compare G3700), that is, (by implication) to discern clearly (physically or mentally); by extension to attend to; by Hebraism to experience; passively to appear.
z5758
<5758> Grammar
Tense - Perfect (See G5778)
Voice - Active (See G5784)
Mood - Indicative (See G5791)
Count - 516
him, 846
{0846} Prime
αὐτός
autos
{ow-tos'}
From the particle αὖ [[au]] (perhaps akin to the base of G0109 through the idea of a baffling wind; backward); the reflexive pronoun self, used (alone or in the compound of G1438) of the third person, and (with the proper personal pronoun) of the other persons.
neither 3761
{3761} Prime
οὐδέ
oude
{oo-deh'}
From G3756 and G1161; not however, that is, neither, nor, not even.
known 1097
{1097} Prime
γινώσκω
ginosko
{ghin-oce'-ko}
A prolonged form of a primary verb; to 'know' (absolutely), in a great variety of applications and with many implications (as shown at left, with others not thus clearly expressed).
z5758
<5758> Grammar
Tense - Perfect (See G5778)
Voice - Active (See G5784)
Mood - Indicative (See G5791)
Count - 516
him. 846
{0846} Prime
αὐτός
autos
{ow-tos'}
From the particle αὖ [[au]] (perhaps akin to the base of G0109 through the idea of a baffling wind; backward); the reflexive pronoun self, used (alone or in the compound of G1438) of the third person, and (with the proper personal pronoun) of the other persons.
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary

1 John 3:6

_ _ He reasons from Christ’s own entire separation from sin, that those in him must also be separate from it.

_ _ abideth in him — as the branch in the vine, by vital union living by His life.

_ _ sinneth not — In so far as he abides in Christ, so far is he free from all sin. The ideal of the Christian. The life of sin and the life of God mutually exclude one another, just as darkness and light. In matter of fact, believers do fall into sins (1 John 1:8-10; 1 John 2:1, 1 John 2:2); but all such sins are alien from the life of God, and need Christ’s cleansing blood, without application to which the life of God could not be maintained. He sinneth not so long as he abideth in Christ.

_ _ whosoever sinneth hath not seen himGreek perfect, “has not seen, and does not see Him.” Again the ideal of Christian intuition and knowledge is presented (Matthew 7:23). All sin as such is at variance with the notion of one regenerated. Not that “whosoever is betrayed into sins has never seen nor known God”; but in so far as sin exists, in that degree the spiritual intuition and knowledge of God do not exist in him.

_ _ neither — “not even.” To see spiritually is a further step than to know; for by knowing we come to seeing by vivid realization and experimentally.

Matthew Henry's Commentary

See commentary on 1 John 3:4-10.

John Wesley's Explanatory Notes

1 John 3:6

Whosoever abideth in communion with him, by loving faith, sinneth not — While he so abideth. Whosoever sinneth certainly seeth him not — The loving eye of his soul is not then fixed upon God; neither doth he then experimentally know him — Whatever he did in time past.

Geneva Bible Translation Notes

1 John 3:6

Whosoever abideth in him sinneth not: whosoever (h) sinneth hath not seen him, neither known him.

(h) He is said to sin, that does not give himself to purity, and in him sin reigns: but sin is said to dwell in the faithful, and not to reign in them.

Cross-Reference Topical ResearchStrong's Concordance
abideth:

1 John 2:28 And now, little children, abide in him; that, when he shall appear, we may have confidence, and not be ashamed before him at his coming.
John 15:4-7 Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine; no more can ye, except ye abide in me. ... If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you.

whosoever:

1 John 3:2 Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is.
1 John 3:9 Whosoever is born of God doth not commit sin; for his seed remaineth in him: and he cannot sin, because he is born of God.
1 John 2:4 He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him.
1 John 4:8 He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love.
1 John 5:18 We know that whosoever is born of God sinneth not; but he that is begotten of God keepeth himself, and that wicked one toucheth him not.
2 Corinthians 3:18 But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, [even] as by the Spirit of the Lord.
2 Corinthians 4:6 For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to [give] the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.
3 John 1:11 Beloved, follow not that which is evil, but that which is good. He that doeth good is of God: but he that doeth evil hath not seen God.
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Jn 15:4. 2Co 3:18; 4:6. 1Jn 2:4, 28; 3:2, 9; 4:8; 5:18. 3Jn 1:11.

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