1 John 3:5

New American Bible - revised edition

You know that he was revealed to take away sins, and in him there is no sin.

Cross References

Hosea 14:2

Return, Israel, to the Lord, your God; you have stumbled because of your iniquity.

Matthew 1:21

She will bear a son and you are to name him Jesus, because he will save his people from their sins.”

Luke 23:41

And indeed, we have been condemned justly, for the sentence we received corresponds to our crimes, but this man has done nothing criminal.”

Luke 23:47

The centurion who witnessed what had happened glorified God and said, “This man was innocent beyond doubt.”

John 1:29

The next day he saw Jesus coming toward him and said, “Behold, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world.

John 1:31

I did not know him, but the reason why I came baptizing with water was that he might be made known to Israel.”

John 14:30

I will no longer speak much with you, for the ruler of the world is coming. He has no power over me,

John 8:46

Can any of you charge me with sin? If I am telling the truth, why do you not believe me?

2 Corinthians 5:21

For our sake he made him to be sin who did not know sin, so that we might become the righteousness of God in him.

1 Timothy 1:15

This saying is trustworthy and deserves full acceptance: Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners. Of these I am the foremost.

1 Timothy 3:16

Undeniably great is the mystery of devotion, Who was manifested in the flesh, vindicated in the spirit, seen by angels, proclaimed to the Gentiles, believed in throughout the world, taken up in glory.

Titus 2:14

who gave himself for us to deliver us from all lawlessness and to cleanse for himself a people as his own, eager to do what is good.

Hebrews 1:3

who is the refulgence of his glory, the very imprint of his being, and who sustains all things by his mighty word. When he had accomplished purification from sins, he took his seat at the right hand of the Majesty on high,

Hebrews 4:15

For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but one who has similarly been tested in every way, yet without sin.

Hebrews 7:26

It was fitting that we should have such a high priest: holy, innocent, undefiled, separated from sinners, higher than the heavens.

Hebrews 9:26

if that were so, he would have had to suffer repeatedly from the foundation of the world. But now once for all he has appeared at the end of the ages to take away sin by his sacrifice.

Hebrews 9:28

so also Christ, offered once to take away the sins of many, will appear a second time, not to take away sin but to bring salvation to those who eagerly await him.

1 Peter 1:18

realizing that you were ransomed from your futile conduct, handed on by your ancestors, not with perishable things like silver or gold

1 Peter 1:20

He was known before the foundation of the world but revealed in the final time for you,

1 Peter 2:22

“He committed no sin, and no deceit was found in his mouth.”

1 Peter 2:24

He himself bore our sins in his body upon the cross, so that, free from sin, we might live for righteousness. By his wounds you have been healed.

1 Peter 3:18

For Christ also suffered for sins once, the righteous for the sake of the unrighteous, that he might lead you to God. Put to death in the flesh, he was brought to life in the spirit.

1 John 1:2

for the life was made visible; we have seen it and testify to it and proclaim to you the eternal life that was with the Father and was made visible to us—

1 John 1:7

But if we walk in the light as he is in the light, then we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of his Son Jesus cleanses us from all sin.

1 John 2:1

My children, I am writing this to you so that you may not commit sin. But if anyone does sin, we have an Advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous one.

1 John 2:2

He is expiation for our sins, and not for our sins only but for those of the whole world.

1 John 2:29

If you consider that he is righteous, you also know that everyone who acts in righteousness is begotten by him.

1 John 3:8

Whoever sins belongs to the devil, because the devil has sinned from the beginning. Indeed, the Son of God was revealed to destroy the works of the devil.

Revelation 1:5

and from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the firstborn of the dead and ruler of the kings of the earth. To him who loves us and has freed us from our sins by his blood,