Study it in the app“Whoever commits sin is of the devil, because the devil has been sinning from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was revealed: to destroy the works of the devil.”
Whoeverὁcommitsποιῶνsinτὴν ἁμαρτίανisἐστίνofἐκthe devil,τοῦ διαβόλουbecauseὅτιthe devilὁ διάβολοςhas been sinningἁμαρτάνειfromἀπ’the beginning.ἀρχῆςForεἰςthis purposeτοῦτοthe Sonὁ υἱὸςof Godτοῦ θεοῦwas revealed:ἐφανερώθηtoἵναdestroyλύσῃthe worksτὰ ἔργαof the devil.τοῦ διαβόλου
practice
To put into practice, like God's will.
Where else “poiōn” appearssin
Doing what God does not want, and the guilt it leaves.
Where else “hamartian” appearsbe
To be: says who or what something is.
Where else “estin” appearsdevil
The enemy of God and of people, who accuses, tempts and deceives.
Where else “diabolou” appearssin
Sin: fail God, do what he forbids.
Where else “hamartanei” appearsbeginning
The point where something starts: its first moment.
Where else “archēs” appearsSon
Jesus, the Son of God.
Where else “huios” appearsGod
The Creator and Lord of all, the one God of Israel.
Where else “theou” appearsreveal, make known
Reveal, show, make known.
Where else “ephanerōthē” appearsdestroy
To break, tear down or strip of force something that stood firm.
Where else “lysēi” appearsdeed
What someone does, their conduct.
Where else “erga” appears7Little children, let no one lead you astray. Whoever does righteousness is righteous, just as he is righteous.
8 · This verse (above)
9No one who has been born of God commits sin, because his seed remains in him; and he cannot keep on sinning, because he has been born of God.
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)?
