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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(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 every man that hath this hope in him purifieth himself, even as he is pure.

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

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

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And everyone who has this hope(A) in him purifies himself just as he is pure.(B)

Everyone who commits sin practises lawlessness; and sin is lawlessness. You know that he was revealed so that he might take away sins,[a](C) and there is no sin in him.(D)

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  1. 3:5 Other mss read our sins

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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