1 John 3:4

Easy To Read Version

When a person sins, he breaks \{God’s\} law. Yes, sinning is the same as living against \{God’s\} law.

Cross References

1 Kings 8:47

In that faraway land, your people will think about what happened. They will be sorry for their sins, and they will pray to you. They will say, ‘We have sinned and done wrong.’

1 Chronicles 10:13

Saul died because he was not faithful to the Lord. Saul did not obey the Lord’s word. Saul also went to a medium {\cf2\super [108]} and asked her for advice

2 Chronicles 24:20

God’s Spirit came on Zechariah. Zechariah’s father was Jehoiada the priest. Zechariah stood in front of the people and said, “This is what God says: ‘Why do you people refuse to obey the Lord’s commands? You will not be successful. You have left the Lord. So the Lord has also left you!’”

Isaiah 53:8

Men used force and took him—and they did not judge him fairly. No person can tell about his future family, because he was taken from the land of living people. He was punished to pay for the sins of my people.

Daniel 9:11

None of the people of Israel obeyed your teachings. They all have turned away. They did not obey you. There are curses {\cf2\super [101]} and promises written in the Law of Moses. (Moses was God’s servant.) Those curses and promises tell about the punishment for not obeying the law—and all those things have happened to us. Those things happened to us because we sinned against the Lord.

Numbers 15:31

That person did not think the Lord’s word was important. He broke the Lord’s commands. That person must surely be separated from your group. That person is guilty and must be punished! [197] ”

Matthew 5:19

A person should obey every command, even a command that does not seem important. If a person refuses to obey any command and teaches other people not to obey that command, then that person will be the least important in the kingdom of heaven. But the person that obeys the law and teaches other people to obey the law will be great in the kingdom of heaven.

Acts 23:3

Paul said to Ananias, “God will hit you too! You are like a \{dirty\} wall that has been painted white! You sit there and judge me, using the law \{of Moses\}. But you are telling them to hit me, and that is against the law \{of Moses\}.”

Romans 3:20

Why? Because no person can be made right with God by following the law. The law only shows us our sin.

Romans 4:15

Why? Because the law can only bring God’s anger \{when the law is not obeyed\}. But if there is no law, then there is nothing to disobey.

2 Corinthians 12:21

I am afraid that when I come to you again, my God will make me humble before you. I may be saddened by many of you who have sinned. I may be saddened because those people have not changed their hearts to be sorry for their evil lives, for their sexual sins, and for the shameful things they have done.

James 5:15

The prayer that is said with faith will make the sick person well. The Lord will heal that person. And if that person has sinned, then God will forgive those sins.

1 John 5:17

Dear friends, remember what the apostles {\cf2\super [8]} of our Lord Jesus Christ said before.

1 Samuel 15:24

Then Saul said to Samuel, “I have sinned. I did not obey the Lord’s commands, and I did not do what you told me. I was afraid of the people, and I did what they said.