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1 John 3:5

You know that Christ came to take away people's sins. There is no sin in Christ.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Atonement;   Jesus, the Christ;   Jesus Continued;   Wicked (People);   Scofield Reference Index - Holy Spirit;   Thompson Chain Reference - Perfection;   Perfection-Imperfection;   Saviour, Christ Our;   Sin-Bearer;   Sin-Saviour;   Sinlessness of Christ;   Sufferings of Christ;   The Topic Concordance - Jesus Christ;   Knowledge;   Righteousness;   Seeing;   Sin;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Human Nature of Christ, the;   Salvation;   Sin;  

Dictionaries:

- Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Assurance;   Jesus christ;   Justification;   Knowledge;   Psalms, book of;   Virgin;   World;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - John, Theology of;   Touch;   Virgin Birth;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Intercession of Christ;   Mediator;   Union to Christ;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Holy;   John, the Letters of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Atonement;   Ethics;   John, Epistles of;   Person of Christ;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Atonement (2);   Attributes of Christ;   Consciousness;   Divinity of Christ;   Enoch Book of;   Evolution (Christ and);   Flesh ;   Incarnation (2);   John Epistles of;   Righteous, Righteousness;   Sacrifice;   Sanctify, Sanctification;   Sin;   Sin (2);   Sinlessness;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Righteousness;   Smith Bible Dictionary - John, the First Epistle General of;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Atonement;   Jesus Christ (Part 1 of 2);   Johannine Theology, the;   John, the Epistles of;   Person of Christ;   Regeneration;  

Devotionals:

- Daily Light on the Daily Path - Devotion for September 3;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
You know that he was revealed so that he might take away sins, and there is no sin in him.
King James Version (1611)
And ye know that hee was manifested to take away our sinnes, and in him is no sinne.
King James Version
And ye know that he was manifested to take away our sins; and in him is no sin.
English Standard Version
You know that he appeared in order to take away sins, and in him there is no sin.
New American Standard Bible
You know that He appeared in order to take away sins; and in Him there is no sin.
New Century Version
You know that Christ came to take away sins and that there is no sin in Christ.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
You know that He appeared in order to take away sins; and in Him there is no sin.
Berean Standard Bible
But you know that Christ appeared to take away sins, and in Him there is no sin.
Contemporary English Version
You know that Christ came to take away sins. He isn't sinful,
Complete Jewish Bible
You know that he appeared in order to take away sins, and that there is no sin in him.
Darby Translation
And ye know that *he* has been manifested that he might take away our sins; and in him sin is not.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And ye knowe that hee was made manifest, that he might take away our sinnes, and in him is no sinne.
George Lamsa Translation
And you know that he was manifested to take away our sins; and in him is no sin.
Good News Translation
You know that Christ appeared in order to take away sins, and that there is no sin in him.
Lexham English Bible
And you know that that one was revealed in order that he might take away sins, and in him there is no sin.
Literal Translation
And you know that that One was revealed that He might take away our sins, and sin is not in Him.
Amplified Bible
You know that He appeared [in visible form as a man] in order to take away sins; and in Him there is [absolutely] no sin [for He has neither the sin nature nor has He committed sin or acts worthy of blame].
American Standard Version
And ye know that he was manifested to take away sins; and in him is no sin.
Bible in Basic English
And you have knowledge that he came to take away sin: and in him there is no sin.
Hebrew Names Version
You know that he was revealed to take away our sins, and in him is no sin.
International Standard Version
You know that he was revealed to take away sins,our sins
">[fn] and there is not any sin in him.Isaiah 53:5-6,11; 2 Corinthians 5:21; 1 Timothy 1:15; Hebrews 1:3; 4:15; Isaiah 53:5-6,11, 1 Peter 2:22,24; 1 John 1:2;">[xr]
Etheridge Translation
And you know that he was manifested to bear our sins, and sin in him is not.
Murdock Translation
And ye know, that he was manifested to take away our sins; and in him was no sin.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And ye know that he appeared to take away our sinnes, & in hym is no sinne.
English Revised Version
And ye know that he was manifested to take away sins; and in him is no sin.
World English Bible
You know that he was revealed to take away our sins, and in him is no sin.
Wesley's New Testament (1755)
And ye know that he was manifested to take away our sins, and in him is no sin.
Weymouth's New Testament
And you know that He appeared in order to take away sins; and in Him there is no sin.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And ye witen, that he apperide to do awei synnes, and synne is not in hym.
Update Bible Version
And you know that he was manifested to take away sins; and in him is no sin.
Webster's Bible Translation
And ye know that he was manifested to take away our sins; and in him is no sin.
New English Translation
And you know that Jesus was revealed to take away sins, and in him there is no sin.
New King James Version
And you know that He was manifested to take away our sins, and in Him there is no sin.
New Living Translation
And you know that Jesus came to take away our sins, and there is no sin in him.
New Life Bible
You know that Christ came to take away our sins. There is no sin in Him.
New Revised Standard
You know that he was revealed to take away sins, and in him there is no sin.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And ye know, that, He, was made manifest - in order that, our sins, he should take away, and, sin, in him, is there none.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And you know that he appeared to take away our sins: and in him there is no sin.
Revised Standard Version
You know that he appeared to take away sins, and in him there is no sin.
Tyndale New Testament (1525)
And ye knowe that he appered to take awaye oure synnes and in him is no synne.
Young's Literal Translation
and ye have known that he was manifested that our sins he may take away, and sin is not in him;
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And ye knowe that he appeared to take awaye oure synnes: and in him is no synne.
Mace New Testament (1729)
and you know that he appear'd to abolish our sins; and that he was himself without sin.
Simplified Cowboy Version
Jesus came to save us from our sins. He was the only one who could because he never sinned himself.

Contextual Overview

4 Anyone who sins breaks God's law. Yes, sinning is the same as living against God's law. 5 You know that Christ came to take away people's sins. There is no sin in Christ. 6 So whoever lives in Christ does not continue to sin. If they continue to sin, they have never really understood Christ and have never known him. 7 Dear children, don't let anyone lead you into the wrong way. Christ always did what was right. So to be good like Christ, you must do what is right. 8 The devil has been sinning since the beginning. Anyone who continues to sin belongs to the devil. The Son of God came for this: to destroy the devil's work. 9 Those who are God's children do not continue to sin, because the new life God gave them stays in them. They cannot keep sinning, because they have become children of God. 10 So we can see who God's children are and who the devil's children are. These are the ones who are not God's children: those who don't do what is right and those who do not love their brothers and sisters in God's family.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

he: 1 John 1:2, 1 John 4:9-14, John 1:31, 1 Timothy 3:16, 1 Peter 1:20

to: 1 John 1:7, Isaiah 53:4-12, Hosea 14:2, Matthew 1:21, John 1:29, Romans 3:24-26, Ephesians 5:25-27, 1 Timothy 1:15, Titus 2:14, Hebrews 1:3, Hebrews 9:26, Hebrews 9:28, 1 Peter 2:24, Revelation 1:5

in: 1 John 2:1, Luke 23:41, Luke 23:47, John 8:46, John 14:30, 2 Corinthians 5:21, Hebrews 4:15, Hebrews 7:26, Hebrews 9:28, 1 Peter 2:22, 1 Peter 3:18

Reciprocal: Job 7:21 - take away Psalms 130:8 - he shall redeem Isaiah 42:21 - he will Isaiah 53:9 - deceit John 19:4 - that ye Acts 3:26 - in Galatians 2:17 - is Hebrews 9:14 - without Hebrews 10:4 - take 1 John 1:8 - say 1 John 2:29 - he is 1 John 3:8 - this purpose

Cross-References

Genesis 2:17
But you must not eat from the tree that gives knowledge about good and evil. If you eat fruit from that tree, on that day you will certainly die!"
Genesis 3:2
The woman answered the snake, "No, we can eat fruit from the trees in the garden.
Genesis 3:3
But there is one tree we must not eat from. God told us, ‘You must not eat fruit from the tree that is in the middle of the garden. You must not even touch that tree, or you will die.'"
Genesis 3:6
The woman could see that the tree was beautiful and the fruit looked so good to eat. She also liked the idea that it would make her wise. So she took some of the fruit from the tree and ate it. Her husband was there with her, so she gave him some of the fruit, and he ate it.
Genesis 3:7
Then it was as if their eyes opened, and they saw things differently. They saw that they were naked. So they got some fig leaves, sewed them together, and wore them for clothes.
Genesis 3:10
The man said, "I heard you walking in the garden, and I was afraid. I was naked, so I hid."
Genesis 3:13
Then the Lord God said to the woman, "What have you done?" She said, "The snake tricked me, so I ate the fruit."
Genesis 3:14
So the Lord God said to the snake, "You did this very bad thing, so bad things will happen to you. It will be worse for you than for any other animal. You must crawl on your belly and eat dust all the days of your life.
Genesis 3:15
I will make you and the woman enemies to each other. Your children and her children will be enemies. You will bite her child's foot, but he will crush your head."
Genesis 3:22
The Lord God said, "Look, the man has become like us—he knows about good and evil. And now the man might take the fruit from the tree of life. If the man eats that fruit, he will live forever."

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And ye know that he was manifested,.... This is a truth of the Gospel the saints were well instructed in and acquainted with; that Jesus Christ, the Word and Son of God, who is here meant, who was with the Father, and lay in his bosom from all eternity, was in the fulness of time made manifest in the flesh, or human nature, by assuming it into union with his divine person; in which he came and dwelt among men, and became visible to them: the end of which manifestation was,

to take away our sins; as the antitype of the scape goat, making reconciliation and satisfaction for them, through the sacrifice of himself; which was doing what the blood of bulls and goats, or any legal sacrifices or moral performances, could never do: and this he did by taking the sins of his people upon himself, by carrying them up to the cross, and there bearing them, with all the punishment due unto them, in his body; by removing them quite away, and utterly destroying them, finishing and making an end of them: and by causing them to pass away from them, from off their consciences, through the application of his blood by his Spirit:

and in him is no sin; neither original, nor actual; no sin inherent; there was sin imputed to him, but none in him, nor done by him; and hence he became a fit person to be a sacrifice for the sins of others, and by his unblemished sacrifice to take the away; and answered the typical sacrifices under the law, which were to be without spot and blemish: and this shows that he did not offer himself for any sins of his own, for there were none in him, but for the sins of others; and which consideration, therefore, is a strong dissuasive from sinning, and as such is mentioned by the apostle; for, since sin is of such a nature that nothing could atone for it but the blood and sacrifice of Christ, an innocent, as well as a divine person, it should be abhorred by us; and since Christ has taken it away by the sacrifice of himself, it should not be continued and encouraged by us; and since in him is no sin, we ought to imitate him in purity of life and conversation; the end of Christ's bearing our sins was, that we might live unto righteousness, and to purify to himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works; and his love herein should constrain us to obedience to him: so the Jews l speak of a man after the image of God, and who is the mystery, of the name Jehovah; and in that man, they say, there is no sin, neither shall death rule over him; and this is that which is said, Psalms 5:4; neither shall evil dwell with thee.

l Sepher Tikkunim, fol. 112. 1. apud Rittangel, de ver. Rel. Christ, p. 68.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

And ye know that he was manifested - The Lord Jesus, the Son of God. “You know that he became incarnate, or appeared among people, for the very purpose of putting an end to sin,” Matthew 1:21. Compare the notes at 1 Timothy 3:16. This is the “second” argument in this paragraph, 1 John 3:4-10, by which the apostle would deter us from sin. The argument is a clear one, and is perhaps the strongest that can be made to bear on the mind of a true Christian - that the Lord Jesus saw sin to be so great an evil, that he came into our world, and gave himself to the bitter sorrows of death on the cross, to redeem us from it.

To take away our sins - The essential argument here is, that the whole work of Christ was designed to deliver us from the dominion of sin, not to furnish us the means of indulgence in it; and that, therefore, we should be deterred from it by all that Christ has done and suffered for us. He perverts the whole design of the coming of the Saviour who supposes that his work was in any degree designed to procure for his followers the indulgences of sin, or who so interprets the methods of his grace as to suppose that it is now lawful for him to indulge his guilty passions. The argument essentially is this:

  1. That we profess to be the followers of Christ, and should carry out his ends and views in coming into the world;

(2)That the great and leading purpose of his coming was to set us free from the bondage of transgression;

(3)That in doing this he gave himself up to a life of poverty, and shame, and sorrow, and to a most bitter death on the cross; and,

(4)That we should not indulge in that from which he came to deliver us, and which cost him so much toil and such a death. How could we indulge in that which has brought heavy calamity upon the head of a father, or which has pierced a sister’s heart with many sorrows? Still more, how can we be so ungrateful and hardhearted as to indulge in that which crushed our Redeemer in death?

And in him is no sin - An additional consideration to show that we should be holy. As he was perfectly pure and spotless, so should all his followers aim to be; and none can truly pretend to be his who do not desire and design to become like him. On the personal holiness of the Lord Jesus, see the Hebrews 7:26 note, and 1 Peter 2:23 note.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 1 John 3:5. And ye know that he was manifested to take away our sins — He came into the world to destroy the power, pardon the guilt, and cleanse from the pollution of sin. This was the very design of his manifestation in the flesh. He was born, suffered, and died for this very purpose; and can it be supposed that he either cannot or will not accomplish the object of his own coming?

In him is no sin. — And therefore he is properly qualified to be the atoning sacrifice for the sins of men.


 
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