6Whosoever abideth in him sinneth not: whosoever sinneth hath not seen him, neither known him.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Beloved, follow not that which is evil, but that which is good. He that doeth good is of God: but he that doeth evil hath not seen God.
Whosoever is born of God doth not commit sin; for his seed remaineth in him: and he cannot sin, because he is born of God.
He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him.
He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love.
Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine; no more can ye, except ye abide in me. …
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 4-10)The apostle, having alleged the believer’s obligation to purity from his hope of heaven, and of communion with Christ in glory at the day of his appearance, now proceeds to fill his own mouth and the believer’s mind with multiplied arguments against sin, and all communion with the impure unfruitful works of darkness. And so he reasons and argues, I. From the nature of sin and the intrinsic evil of…
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