(A)And everyone who has this hope in Him purifies himself, just as He is pure.

Sin and the Child of God

Whoever commits sin also commits lawlessness, and (B)sin is lawlessness. And you know (C)that He was manifested (D)to take away our sins, and (E)in Him there is no sin.

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And everyone who (A)thus hopes in him (B)purifies himself as he is pure.

Everyone who makes a practice of sinning also practices lawlessness; (C)sin is lawlessness. You know that (D)he appeared in order to (E)take away sins, and (F)in him there is no sin.

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凡对他有这指望的,就洁净自己,像他是洁净的一样。

凡犯罪的,就是做违背律法的事;违背律法就是罪。 你们知道,基督曾显现是要除掉罪[a];在他并没有罪。

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Footnotes

  1. 3.5 “罪”:有古卷是“我们的罪”;另有古卷是“世人的罪”。

All who have this hope in him purify themselves,(A) just as he is pure.(B)

Everyone who sins breaks the law; in fact, sin is lawlessness.(C) But you know that he appeared so that he might take away our sins.(D) And in him is no sin.(E)

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