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You know that he was revealed to take away our sins, and in him is no sin.
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Christ's Mission Against Sin
Commentators stress that Jesus's incarnation ('he was manifested') had a clear purpose: to 'take away sins.' This refers not only to atoning for sin through His sacrifice but also to breaking sin's power in a believer's life. As multiple scholars note, Christ came to deliver us from the dominion of sin, not to provide a license for us to continue in it.
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1 John
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18th Century
Presbyterian
And you know that he was manifested. The Lord Jesus, the Son of God. "You know that he became incarnate, or appeared among men, for the ve…
He (εκεινος). As in verse 3; John 1:18.
Was manifested (εφανερωθη). Same form as in verse 2, bu…
19th Century
Anglican
The consequence of the divine birth on human conduct (1 John 3:4–10).—This paragraph is an expansion of the thought of [Reference 1 Joh…
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Baptist
And ye know that he was manifested to take away our sins; and in him is no sin. Whosoever abideth in him sinneth not: whosoever sinneth hath no…
In this verse John turns again to the teaching received “from the beginning” and raises two additional arguments against sin as a principle of life…
16th Century
Protestant
And you know that he was manifested, or, has appeared. He shows by another argument how much sin and faith differ from one anothe…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And you know that he was manifested This is a truth of the Gospel the saints were well instructed in and acquainted …
The sons of God know that their Lord is of purer eyes than to allow anything unholy and impure to dwell with Him. It is the hope of hypocrites, not…