1 John 3:3-6

Amplified Bible, Classic Edition

³ And everyone who has this hope [resting] on Him cleanses (purifies) himself just as He is pure (chaste, undefiled, guiltless).

⁴ Everyone who commits (practices) sin is guilty of lawlessness; for [that is what] sin is, lawlessness (the breaking, violating of God’s law by transgression or neglect—being unrestrained and unregulated by His commands and His will).

⁵ You know that He appeared in visible form and became Man to take away [upon Himself] sins, and in Him there is no sin [^[a]essentially and forever].

⁶ No one who abides in Him [who lives and remains ^[b]in communion with and in obedience to Him—deliberately, knowingly, and ^[c]habitually] commits (practices) sin. No one who [habitually] sins has either seen or known Him [recognized, perceived, or understood Him, or has had an experiential acquaintance with Him].