Parallel Verses
An Understandable Version
No person who lives in [fellowship with] Christ will continue living a sinful life; the one who keeps on sinning [however], has not seen Him or known Him [as his personal Savior].
New American Standard Bible
No one who abides in Him
King James Version
Whosoever abideth in him sinneth not: whosoever sinneth hath not seen him, neither known him.
Holman Bible
Everyone who remains in Him
International Standard Version
No one who remains in union with him keeps on sinning. The one who keeps on sinning hasn't seen him or known him.
A Conservative Version
Every man abiding in him does not sin. Every man who is sinning has not seen him, nor has known him.
American Standard Version
Whosoever abideth in him sinneth not: whosoever sinneth hath not seen him, neither knoweth him.
Amplified
No one who abides in Him [who remains united in fellowship with Him—deliberately, knowingly, and habitually] practices sin. No one who habitually sins has seen Him or known Him.
Anderson New Testament
Whoever abides in him, sins not. Whoever sins, has neither seen him nor known him.
Bible in Basic English
Anyone who is in him does no sin; anyone who is a sinner has not seen him and has no knowledge of him.
Common New Testament
No one who abides in him sins. No one who sins has either seen him or known him.
Daniel Mace New Testament
whosoever adheres to him, sinneth not: whosoever sinneth, hath not seen him, he does not know him.
Darby Translation
Whoever abides in him, does not sin: whoever sins, has not seen him or known him.
Emphatic Diaglott Bible
Whoever abides in him, does not sin. Whoever sins has not seen him, neither has known him.
Godbey New Testament
No one abiding in him is sinning: every one sinning does not see him, nor know him.
Goodspeed New Testament
No one who keeps in union with him sins. Anyone who sins has never seen him or come to know him.
John Wesley New Testament
Whosoever abideth in him sinneth not; whosoever sinneth, seeth him not, neither knoweth him.
Julia Smith Translation
Every one remaining in him sins not: every one sinning has not seen him, nor known him.
King James 2000
Whosoever abides in him sins not: whosoever sins has not seen him, neither known him.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Everyone who resides in him does not sin. Everyone who sins has neither seen him nor known him.
Modern King James verseion
Everyone who abides in Him does not sin. Everyone who sins has not seen Him nor known Him.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
All that abide in him, sin not: And all that sin hath not seen him, neither hath known him.
Moffatt New Testament
anyone who remains in him does not sin ??anyone who sins has neither seen nor known him.
Montgomery New Testament
Whoever continually abides in him does not habitually sin; whoever lives in sin has not seen him, nor come to know him.
NET Bible
Everyone who resides in him does not sin; everyone who sins has neither seen him nor known him.
New Heart English Bible
Whoever remains in him does not sin. Whoever sins hasn't seen him, neither knows him.
Noyes New Testament
Whoever abideth in him sinneth not; whoever sinneth hath not seen him, nor known him.
Sawyer New Testament
No one that continues in him sins; no one that sins has seen him, or known him.
The Emphasized Bible
Whosoever, in him, doth abide, is not sinning: whosoever is sinning, hath not seen him, and doth not understand him.
Thomas Haweis New Testament
Every one who abideth in him, doth not sin; every one who sinneth hath not seen him, nor known him.
Twentieth Century New Testament
No one who maintains union with him lives in sin; no one who lives in sin has ever really seen him or learned to know him.
Webster
Whoever abideth in him sinneth not: whoever sinneth hath not seen him, neither known him.
Weymouth New Testament
No one who continues in union with Him lives in sin: no one who lives in sin has seen Him or knows Him.
Williams New Testament
No one who continues to live in union with Him practices sin. No one who practices sin has ever seen Him or come to know Him.
World English Bible
Whoever remains in him doesn't sin. Whoever sins hasn't seen him, neither knows him.
Worrell New Testament
Every one that is abiding in Him sins not; whosoever sins has not seen Him nor known Him.
Worsley New Testament
Whosoever abideth in Him sinneth not: whosoever sinneth hath not seen Him, nor known Him.
Youngs Literal Translation
every one who is remaining in him doth not sin; every one who is sinning, hath not seen him, nor known him.
Themes
Christ » Touched by others » Unknown by men
Ignorance » Man's » Concerning Christ
Ignorance of God » Evidenced by » Living in sin
Knowledge » Who does not know God
Nearness to God » Abiding in Christ (select reading john 15)
Seeing » Who has not seen the lord
Union with Christ » Beneficial results of » Freedom from dominion of sin
Interlinear
Pas
Usage: 0
Hamartano
ἁμαρτάνω
Hamartano
Usage: 35
References
Hastings
Morish
Word Count of 38 Translations in 1 John 3:6
Images 1 John 3:6
Prayers for 1 John 3:6
Verse Info
Context Readings
Children Of God
5 But, you [should] know that Christ appeared [on earth] to take away [our] sins, and that there is no sin in His life [See II Cor. 5:21]. 6 No person who lives in [fellowship with] Christ will continue living a sinful life; the one who keeps on sinning [however], has not seen Him or known Him [as his personal Savior]. 7 Little children [i.e., dear ones], do not allow anyone to lead you astray [from the truth]; the person who continues to do what is right is [considered by God as] righteous, even as Christ is righteous.
Cross References
3 John 1:11
Dear [friend], do not imitate what is evil, but [only] what is good. The person who does what is good is [a child] of God; the one who does evil has not seen God [spiritually].
1 John 2:4
The person who says, "I have come to know Him," but does not obey what He commands, is lying [by such a profession], and the truth [about the matter] is not in his heart.
1 John 3:9
No one who has been [spiritually] conceived [and eventually born] by God continues to live a sinful life, because God's seed [i.e., His word, See Luke 8:11] continues to live in his heart, so he cannot [continue a life of] sin, because he has been conceived by God.
1 John 3:2
Dearly loved ones, we are God's children now, but it has not yet been revealed [to us] what we will be [in the future life, Luke 20:34-36]. But, we do know this, however, that when Jesus is revealed [i.e., at His second coming], we will be like Him [I Cor. 15:49], for we will see what He really looks like!
1 John 4:8
The person who does not love [others] does not know God [as Savior], for [the very nature of] God is love.
John 15:4-7
Remain united to me, and I will remain united to you. Just as a branch cannot bear fruit by itself, unless it remains united to the vine, so neither can you people [bear fruit] unless you remain united to me.
2 Corinthians 3:18
But all of us [Christians], with unveiled faces, see the Lord's splendor reflected, as [though we were] looking in a mirror, and [so] are being transformed into His likeness in ever-increasing splendor. This is [the work] of the Lord, [who is] the Holy Spirit.
2 Corinthians 4:6
For God, who said [Gen. 1:3], "Light will shine out of darkness," has [also] shone in our hearts to provide [us with] the light of the knowledge of God's splendor [as it shines] on the face of Christ. [Note: This allusion to "splendor shining on Christ's face" may be a continuation of the analogy used in 3:13].
1 John 2:28
And now, little children [i.e., dear ones], continue to live in [fellowship with] Christ, so that when He appears, we may have boldness and not have [any reason] to be ashamed in front of Him at His [second] coming.
1 John 5:18
We know that every person who has been [spiritually] conceived [by God and eventually born] does not continue in [a life of] sin, but God's one and only conceived [Son] keeps him [from continuing to sin], and the evil one [i.e., Satan] does not continue to touch him [i.e., continue to control his life].