1 John 3:4-6

Expanded Bible

⁴ ·The person [^LEveryone] who ·sins [commits sin] ·breaks God’s law [commits lawlessness/iniquity; ^Creferring to the false teachers; 2:19–20]. Yes, sin is ·living against God’s law [lawlessness; iniquity]. ⁵ You know that ·Christ came [^Lhe has appeared/was revealed] to take away sins and that there is no sin in ·Christ [^Lhim]. ⁶ So anyone who ·lives [abides; remains] in ·Christ [^Lhim] does not ·go on sinning [or sin; ^Cthe Christian ideal, an implicit call to avoid sin]. Anyone who ·goes on sinning [or sins] has ·never really understood Christ and has never known him [^Lneither seen him nor known him].