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Whoever is born of God doesn`t commit sin, because his seed remains in him; and he can`t sin, because he is born of God.
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Cannot Practice Sin
Multiple commentators, especially A.T. Robertson, stress that the Greek grammar is key. The phrases 'doeth no sin' and 'cannot sin' use a tense that indicates a continuous, habitual practice. The verse is not teaching that Christians achieve sinless perfection. Rather, it means a person truly born of God cannot make sin the ongoing, characteristic pattern of their life. As Charles Spurgeon illustrates, a sheep may fall into the mire, but it does not wallow in it like a pig.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Whoever is born of God does not commit sin. This passage must mean either that those who are born of God—that is, who are true Christians—…
Doeth no sin (αμαρτιαν ου ποιε). Linear present active indicative as in verse 4 like αμαρτανε in verse 8. The child of God does no…
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
Whoever is born of God does not commit sin;
That is to say, he does not live in it; it is not the tenor of his life.
He is n…
John summarizes what he has said. In v.6 he stated that no one who “lives in him” can practice a life of sin. Here he adds that “no one who is born…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Whosoever is born of God
In a figurative and spiritual sense; who are regenerated, or born from above; who are qui…
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