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1 John 3:4

1 John 3:4
Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also the law: for sin is the transgression of the law.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

Whosoever committeth sin,.... This, in connection with what follows, is true of any sin, great or small, but here designs a course of sinning, a wilful, obstinate, persisting in sin:

transgresseth…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also the law - The law of God given to man as a rule of life. The object of the apostle here is to excite them to holiness, and to deter them from committing…

Methodist theologian, 1762–1832

Adam Clarke

Sin is the transgression of the law - The spirit of the law as well as of the Gospel is, that "we should love God with all our powers, and our neighbor as ourselves." All disobedience is contrary to…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

1 John 3:4-10

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…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

As so often, the Apostle emphasizes his statement by giving the opposite case, and not the simple opposite, but an expansion of it. Instead of saying -every one that hath not this hope" he says every…