1 John 3:6

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

No one who abides in him sins; no one who sins has either seen him or known him.

Cross References

2 Corinthians 3:18

And all of us, with unveiled faces, seeing the glory of the Lord as though reflected in a mirror, are being transformed into the same image from one degree of glory to another, for this comes from the Lord, the Spirit.

2 Corinthians 4:6

For it is the 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 Christ.

1 John 2:28

And now, little children, abide in him, so that when he is revealed we may have confidence and not be put to shame before him at his coming.

1 John 2:3

Now by this we know that we have come to know him, if we obey his commandments.

1 John 2:4

Whoever says, “I have come to know him,” but does not obey his commandments is a liar, and in such a person the truth does not exist;

1 John 3:2

Beloved, we are God’s children now; what we will be has not yet been revealed. What we do know is this: when he is revealed, we will be like him, for we will see him as he is.

1 John 3:9

Those who have been born of God do not sin because God’s seed abides in them; they cannot sin because they have been born of God.

1 John 4:8

Whoever does not love does not know God, for God is love.

1 John 5:18

We know that those who are born of God do not sin, but the one who was born of God protects them, and the evil one does not touch them.

3 John 1:11

Beloved, do not imitate what is evil, but imitate what is good. Whoever does good is from God; whoever does evil has not seen God.