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1 JOHN 1:3:4-10

\n4\xa0Everyone who practices sin also practices lawlessness; and sin is lawlessness [ignoring God\u2019s law by action or neglect or by tolerating wrongdoing\u2014being unrestrained by His commands and His will].\xa0

5\xa0You know that He appeared [in visible form as a man] in order to take away sins; and in Him there is [absolutely] no sin [for He has neither the sin nature nor has He committed sin or acts worthy of blame].\xa0

6\xa0No one who abides in Him [who remains united in fellowship with Him\u2014deliberately, knowingly, and habitually] practices sin. No one who\xa0habitually\xa0sins has seen Him or known Him.\xa0

7\xa0Little children (believers, dear ones), do not let anyone lead you astray. The one who practices righteousness [the one who strives to live a consistently honorable life\u2014in private as well as in public\u2014and to conform to God\u2019s precepts] is righteous, just as He is righteous.\xa0

8\xa0The one who practices sin [separating himself from God, and offending Him by acts of disobedience, indifference, or rebellion] is of the devil [and takes his inner character and moral values from him, not God]; for the devil has sinned\xa0and\xa0violated God\u2019s law from the beginning. The Son of God appeared for this purpose, to destroy the works of the devil.\xa0

9\xa0No one who is born of God [deliberately, knowingly, and habitually] practices sin, because\xa0[a]God\u2019s seed [His principle of life, the essence of His righteous character] remains [permanently] in him [who is born again\u2014who is reborn from above\u2014spiritually transformed, renewed, and set apart for His purpose]; and he [who is born again] cannot\xa0habitually\xa0[live a life characterized by] sin, because he is born of God\xa0and\xa0longs to please Him.

10\xa0By this the children of God and the children of the devil are clearly identified: anyone who does not practice righteousness [who does not seek God\u2019s will in thought, action, and purpose] is not of God, nor is the one who does not [unselfishly]\xa0[b]love his [believing] brother.\n\n