Parallel Verses
World English Bible
Whoever remains in him doesn't sin. Whoever sins hasn't seen him, neither knows him.
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.
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].
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.
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 You know that he was revealed to take away our sins, and in him is no sin. 6 Whoever remains in him doesn't sin. Whoever sins hasn't seen him, neither knows him. 7 Little children, let no one lead you astray. He who does righteousness is righteous, even as he is righteous.
Cross References
3 John 1:11
Beloved, don't imitate that which is evil, but that which is good. He who does good is of God. He who does evil hasn't seen God.
1 John 2:4
One who says, "I know him," and doesn't keep his commandments, is a liar, and the truth isn't in him.
1 John 3:9
Whoever is born of God doesn't commit sin, because his seed remains in him; and he can't sin, because he is born of God.
1 John 3:2
Beloved, now we are children of God, and it is not yet revealed what we will be. But we know that, when he is revealed, we will be like him; for we will see him just as he is.
1 John 4:8
He who doesn't love doesn't know God, for God is love.
John 15:4-7
Remain in me, and I in you. As the branch can't bear fruit by itself, unless it remains in the vine, so neither can you, unless you remain in me.
2 Corinthians 3:18
But we all, with unveiled face beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are transformed into the same image from glory to glory, even as from the Lord, the Spirit.
2 Corinthians 4:6
seeing it is God who said, "Light will shine out of darkness," who has shone in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.
1 John 2:28
Now, little children, remain in him, that when he appears, we may have boldness, and not be ashamed before him at his coming.
1 John 5:18
We know that whoever is born of God doesn't sin, but he who was born of God keeps himself, and the evil one doesn't touch him.