1st John Chapter 3 verse 4 Holy Bible
Every one that doeth sin doeth also lawlessness; and sin is lawlessness.
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Everyone who is a sinner goes against the law, for sin is going against the law.
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Every one that practises sin practises also lawlessness; and sin is lawlessness.
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Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also the law: for sin is the transgression of the law.
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Everyone who sins also commits lawlessness. Sin is lawlessness.
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Every one who is doing the sin, the lawlessness also he doth do, and the sin is the lawlessness,
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerses 4-12. - Sin is absolutely incompatible with Christ's work of redemption and our union with him (verses 4-8), and also with being born of God, as is shown by the presence or absence of brotherly love (verses 9-12). Verse 4. - Once more the apostle turns from the positive to the negative. Having shown what birth from God involves, he goes on to show what it excludes. "Every one that doeth sin" evidently balances "every one that hath this hope" (verse 3), and "to do sin" is the exact opposite of "to do righteousness" (chapter 2:29). Sin is lawlessness ἡ ἁμαρτία ἐστὶν ἡ ἀνομία. Both words having the article, the two terms are exactly equivalent - all sin is lawlessness, and all lawlessness is sin. Ανομία, like "lawlessness," expresses the ignoring of the law rather than the absence of it. "The law" means the law of God in the fullest sense, not the Mosaic Law. In short, sin is defined as the transgression of God's will.
