1Jo 3:6 | TNotes | STEP | 3:6 continues to live in him (Greek menō ): This indicates “abiding” and “remaining” (John 15:1-8 ) in contrast to departing into falsehood. To the extent that we live in continual, dependent fellowship with Christ and in faithfulness to the apostles’ teachings, we will not sin . • keeps on sinning: This verb denotes sin as an ongoing, repeated action. John was not saying that anyone who sins once does not know God (i.e., has no relationship with God). But if we persist in sin, we demonstrate a lack of relationship with God.

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‏ 1 John 3:6

3:6 ^a continues to live in him (Greek menō): This indicates “abiding” and “remaining” (John 15:1-8 ^b) in contrast to departing into falsehood. To the extent that we live in continual, dependent fellowship with Christ and in faithfulness to the apostles’ teachings, we will not sin.

• keeps on sinning: This verb denotes sin as an ongoing, repeated action. John was not saying that anyone who sins once does not know God (i.e., has no relationship with God). But if we persist in sin, we demonstrate a lack of relationship with God.