1 John 3:5

Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

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

Cross References

Hosea 14:2

Take with you words and return to the Lord; say to him, “Take away all iniquity; accept that which is good and we will render the fruit of our lips.

Matthew 1:21

she will bear a son, and you shall call his name Jesus, for he will save his people from their sins.”

Luke 23:41

And we indeed justly; for we are receiving the due reward of our deeds; but this man has done nothing wrong.”

Luke 23:47

Now when the centurion saw what had taken place, he praised God, and said, “Certainly this man was innocent!”

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 myself did not know him; but for this I came baptizing with water, that he might be revealed to Israel.”

John 14:30

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

John 8:46

Which of you convicts me of sin? If I tell the truth, why do you not believe me?

2 Corinthians 5:21

For our sake he made him to be sin who knew no sin, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.

1 Timothy 1:15

The saying is sure and worthy of full acceptance, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners. And I am the foremost of sinners;

1 Timothy 3:16

Great indeed, we confess, is the mystery of our religion: He was manifested in the flesh, vindicated in the Spirit, seen by angels, preached among the nations, believed on in the world, taken up in glory.

Titus 2:14

who gave himself for us to redeem us from all iniquity and to purify for himself a people of his own who are zealous for good deeds.

Hebrews 1:3

He reflects the glory of God and bears the very stamp of his nature, upholding the universe by his word of power. When he had made purification for sins, he sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high,

Hebrews 4:15

For we have not a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but one who in every respect has been tempted as we are, yet without sin.

Hebrews 7:26

For it was fitting that we should have such a high priest, holy, blameless, unstained, separated from sinners, exalted above the heavens.

Hebrews 9:26

for then he would have had to suffer repeatedly since the foundation of the world. But as it is, he has appeared once for all at the end of the age to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself.

Hebrews 9:28

so Christ, having been offered once to bear the sins of many, will appear a second time, not to deal with sin but to save those who are eagerly waiting for him.

1 Peter 1:18

You know that you were ransomed from the futile ways inherited from your fathers, not with perishable things such as silver or gold,

1 Peter 1:20

He was destined before the foundation of the world but was made manifest at the end of the times for your sake.

1 Peter 2:22

He committed no sin; no guile was found on his lips.

1 Peter 2:24

He himself bore our sins in his body on the tree, that we might die to sin and live to righteousness. By his wounds you have been healed.

1 Peter 3:18

For Christ also died for sins once for all, the righteous for the unrighteous, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh but made alive in the spirit;

1 John 1:2

the life was made manifest, and we saw it, and testify to it, and proclaim to you the eternal life which was with the Father and was made manifest to us—

1 John 1:7

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

1 John 2:1

My little children, I am writing this to you so that you may not sin; but if any one does sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous;

1 John 2:2

and he is the expiation for our sins, and not for ours only but also for the sins of the whole world.

1 John 2:29

If you know that he is righteous, you may be sure that every one who does right is born of him.

1 John 3:8

He who commits sin is of the devil; for the devil has sinned from the beginning. The reason the Son of God appeared was to destroy the works of the devil.

Revelation 1:5

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