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EveryoneΠᾶςwhoὁcommitsποιῶνsinτὴν ἁμαρτίανalsoκαὶcommitsποιεῖlawlessness;τὴν ἀνομίανandκαὶsinἡ ἁμαρτίαisἐστὶνlawlessness.ἡ ἀνομία
1 John 3:4
Study it in the app“Everyone who commits sin also commits lawlessness; and sin is lawlessness.”
With the Greek beneath
1 John 3:4, word by word
- commitsποιῶνpoiōn
practice
To put into practice, like God's will.
Where else “poiōn” appears- sinἁμαρτίανhamartian
sin
Doing what God does not want, and the guilt it leaves.
Where else “hamartian” appears- lawlessnessἀνομίανanomian
lawlessness
Lawlessness: living without law, disregarding what God commands.
Where else “anomian” appears- isἐστὶνestin
be
To be: says who or what something is.
Where else “estin” appears
The context
3And everyone who has this hope in him purifies himself, just as he is pure.
4 · This verse (above)
5And you know that he was revealed to take away sins, and in him there is no sin.
To study 1 John 3 in a group
1. What it says
What does verse 1 say the Father has given us, and what does it say we will be when he appears (v. 1-2)?
2. What it means
John says not to love "in word or with the tongue, but in deed and truth" (v. 18). What does that contrast show?
3. How I live it
What concrete act of love could you do today for someone in need (v. 17-18)?