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1 John 3:4

Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also the law: for sin is the transgression of the law.

KJV

πᾶς ὁ ποιῶν τὴν ἁμαρτίαν καὶ τὴν ἀνομίαν ποιεῖ, καὶ ἡ ἁμαρτία ἐστὶν ἡ ἀνομία.

Greek NT

Omnis qui facit peccatum, et iniquitatem facit : et peccatum est iniquitas.

Vulgate

Every one that doeth sin doeth also lawlessness; and sin is lawlessness.

ASV

Whosoever committeth sin committeth also iniquity. And sin is iniquity.

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

7 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

εἰμί
eimi
verb · 2461×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
ποιέω
poieo
verb · 569×
πᾶς
pas
adjective · 1226×
ἀνομία
anomia
noun · 14×
ἁμαρτία
amartia
noun · 173×
o
article · 19778×

Historic Christian voices

7 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Sin is any want of conformity unto, or transgression of, the law of God.
Summa Theologica · 2 passages
What is the justification of the ungodly? Is grace required for it? Is any movement of the free-will required? Is a movement of faith required? Is a movement of the free-will against sin required? Is the remission of sins to be reckoned with the foregoing? Is the justification of the ungodly a work of time or is sudden? The natural order of the things concurring to justificatio…
What is justice? Is justice always towards another? Is it a virtue? Is it in the will as its subject? Is it a general virtue? As a general virtue, is it essentially the same as every virtue? Is there a particular justice? Does particular justice have a matter of its own? Is it about passions, or about operations only? Is the mean of justice the real mean? Is the act of justice …

Cross-references

  • 1Chr 10:13 — So Saul died for his transgression which he committed against the LORD, even against the word of the LORD, which he kept not, and also for asking counsel of one that had a familiar spirit, to enquire
  • 1John 3:8 — He that committeth sin is of the devil; for the devil sinneth from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil.
  • 1John 5:17 — All unrighteousness is sin: and there is a sin not unto death.
  • 1John 5:17 — All unrighteousness is sin: and there is a sin not unto death.
  • 1Kgs 8:47 — Yet if they shall bethink themselves in the land whither they were carried captives, and repent, and make supplication unto thee in the land of them that carried them captives, saying, We have sinned,
  • 1Sam 15:24 — And Saul said unto Samuel, I have sinned: for I have transgressed the commandment of the LORD, and thy words: because I feared the people, and obeyed their voice.
  • 2Chr 24:20 — And the Spirit of God came upon Zechariah the son of Jehoiada the priest, which stood above the people, and said unto them, Thus saith God, Why transgress ye the commandments of the LORD, that ye cann
  • 2Cor 12:21 — And lest, when I come again, my God will humble me among you, and that I shall bewail many which have sinned already, and have not repented of the uncleanness and fornication and lasciviousness which
  • Dan 9:11 — Yea, all Israel have transgressed thy law, even by departing, that they might not obey thy voice; therefore the curse is poured upon us, and the oath that is written in the law of Moses the servant of
  • Isa 42:21 — The LORD is well pleased for his righteousness’ sake; he will magnify the law, and make it honourable.
  • Isa 53:8 — He was taken from prison and from judgment: and who shall declare his generation? for he was cut off out of the land of the living: for the transgression of my people was he stricken.
  • Jas 2:9 — But if ye have respect to persons, ye commit sin, and are convinced of the law as transgressors.
  • Jas 5:15 — And the prayer of faith shall save the sick, and the Lord shall raise him up; and if he have committed sins, they shall be forgiven him.
  • Num 15:31 — Because he hath despised the word of the LORD, and hath broken his commandment, that soul shall utterly be cut off; his iniquity shall be upon him.
  • Phil 3:9 — And be found in him, not having mine own righteousness, which is of the law, but that which is through the faith of Christ, the righteousness which is of God by faith:
  • Rom 3:20 — Therefore by the deeds of the law there shall no flesh be justified in his sight: for by the law is the knowledge of sin.
  • Rom 4:15 — Because the law worketh wrath: for where no law is, there is no transgression.
  • Rom 4:15 — Because the law worketh wrath: for where no law is, there is no transgression.
  • Rom 5:13 — (For until the law sin was in the world: but sin is not imputed when there is no law.
  • Rom 7:5 — For when we were in the flesh, the motions of sins, which were by the law, did work in our members to bring forth fruit unto death.
  • Rom 7:7 — What shall we say then? Is the law sin? God forbid. Nay, I had not known sin, but by the law: for I had not known lust, except the law had said, Thou shalt not covet.