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Everyone who does sin also does lawlessness; and (A)sin is lawlessness. And you know that He (B)was manifested in order to (C)take away sins, and (D)in Him there is no sin. No one who abides in Him (E)sins; no one who sins has seen Him or [a](F)has come to know Him.

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  1. 1 John 3:6 Or has known

Everyone who commits sin also breaks the law;[a] sin is the breaking of law. You know that He was revealed so that He might take away sins,[b](A) and there is no sin in Him.(B) Everyone who remains in Him(C) does not sin;[c](D) everyone who[d] sins has not seen Him or known Him.

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  1. 1 John 3:4 Or also commits iniquity
  2. 1 John 3:5 Other mss read our sins
  3. 1 John 3:6 Or not keep on sinning
  4. 1 John 3:6 Or who keeps on sinning