1 John 3:5

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1 John 3:3–7 · Berean Standard Bible

3 And everyone who has this hope in Him purifies himself, just as Christ is pure.

4 Everyone who practices sin practices lawlessness as well. Indeed, sin is lawlessness.

5 But you know that Christ appeared to take away sins, and in Him there is no sin.

6 No one who remains in Him keeps on sinning. No one who continues to sin has seen Him or known Him.

7 Little children, let no one deceive you: The one who practices righteousness is righteous, just as Christ is righteous.

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1 John 4:12

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1 John 4:13

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1 Timothy 3:16

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Isaiah 53:5

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Isaiah 53:6

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Isaiah 53:7

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Isaiah 53:8

By oppression and judgment He was taken away, and who can recount His descendants? For He was cut off from the land of the living; He was stricken for the transgression of My people.

Isaiah 53:9

He was assigned a grave with the wicked, and with a rich man in His death, although He had done no violence, nor was any deceit in His mouth.

Isaiah 53:10

Yet it was the LORD’s will to crush Him and to cause Him to suffer; and when His soul is made a guilt offering, He will see His offspring, He will prolong His days, and the good pleasure of the LORD will prosper in His hand.

Isaiah 53:11

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Isaiah 53:12

Therefore I will allot Him a portion with the great, and He will divide the spoils with the strong, because He has poured out His life unto death, and He was numbered with the transgressors. Yet He bore the sin of many and made intercession for the transgressors.

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Romans 3:24

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Romans 3:25

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Romans 3:26

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Ephesians 5:26

to sanctify her, cleansing her by the washing with water through the word,

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“He committed no sin, and no deceit was found in His mouth.”

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