1 John 3:6

Twentieth Century New Testament 1904

No one who maintains union with him lives in sin; no one who lives in sin has ever really seen him or learned to know him.

Cross References

2 Corinthians 3:18

And all of us, with faces from which the veil is lifted, seeing, as if reflected in a mirror, the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into his likeness, from glory to glory, as it is given by the Lord, the Spirit.

2 Corinthians 4:6

Indeed, the same God who said 'Out of darkness light shall shine,' has shone in upon our hearts, so that we should bring out into the light the knowledge of the glory of God, seen in the face of Christ.

1 John 2:28

Yes, my Children, maintain your union with Christ, so that, whenever he appears, our confidence may not fail us, and we may not be ashamed to meet him at his coming.

1 John 2:3

And by this we know that we have learned to know him--by our laying his commands to heart.

1 John 2:4

The man who says 'I know Jesus,' but does not lay his commands to heart, is a liar, and the Truth has no place in him;

1 John 3:2

Dear friends, we are God's Children now; what we shall be has not yet been revealed. What we do know is that, when it is revealed, we shall be like Christ; because we shall see him as he is.

1 John 3:9

No one who has received the new Life from God lives sinfully, because the very nature of God dwells within him; and he cannot live in sin, because he has received the new Life from God.

1 John 4:8

He who does not love has not learned to know God; for God is Love.

1 John 5:18

We know that no one who has received the new Life from God lives in sin. No, he who has received the new Life from God keeps the thought of God in his heart, and then the Evil One does not touch him.

3 John 1:11

Dear friend, take what is good for your example , not what is bad. The man who does what is good is from God; the man who does what is bad has never seen God.