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Andκαὶyou knowοἴδατεthatὅτιheἐκεῖνοςwas revealedἐφανερώθηtoἵναtake awayἄρῃsins,τὰς ἁμαρτίαςandκαὶinἐνhimαὐτῷthere isἔστινnoοὐκsin.ἁμαρτία
1 John 3:5
Study it in the app“And you know that he was revealed to take away sins, and in him there is no sin.”
With the Greek beneath
1 John 3:5, word by word
- you knowοἴδατεoidate
know
To hold a fact as certain, to be aware of it.
Where else “oidate” appears- was revealedἐφανερώθηephanerōthē
reveal, make known
Reveal, show, make known.
Where else “ephanerōthē” appears- take awayἄρῃarēi
take away
To take something or someone away from its place.
Where else “arēi” appears- sinsἁμαρτίαςhamartias
sin
Doing what God does not want, and the guilt it leaves.
Where else “hamartias” appears- there isἔστινestin
there is
Something exists somewhere, or happens.
Where else “estin” appears
Translation note· on the manuscripts
Many manuscripts read “our sins.”
The context
4Everyone who commits sin also commits lawlessness; and sin is lawlessness.
5 · This verse (above)
6No one who remains in him keeps on sinning; no one who keeps on sinning has seen him or known him.
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)?