1Jo 3:4 | TNotes | STEP | Summary for 1John 3:4-10: 3:4-10 This section discusses what it means to live a pure life (3:3 ). Being born into God’s family demands purification; a life of sin—a continual lack of purity—is evidence that someone is not really God’s child. Sin is incompatible with the new nature derived from the new birth. John wants believers to do what is right and thus demonstrate that they are joined to Christ and his righteousness. Those who are children of God do not make a practice of sinning , but this differs from the sort of “sinlessness” that the false teachers claimed (see 1:5-10 and corresponding study notes).

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‏ 1 John 3:4

Summary for 1John 3:4-10: 3:4-10 ^a This section discusses what it means to live a pure life (3:3 ^b). Being born into God’s family demands purification; a life of sin—a continual lack of purity—is evidence that someone is not really God’s child. Sin is incompatible with the new nature derived from the new birth. John wants believers to do what is right and thus demonstrate that they are joined to Christ and his righteousness. Those who are children of God do not make a practice of sinning, but this differs from the sort of “sinlessness” that the false teachers claimed (see 1:5-10 ^c and corresponding study notes).