| 1:7 |
"the blood of Jesus ... purifies us from every sin." |
| 1:9 |
"If we confess our sins, he ... will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness." |
| 2:1 |
"I write this [an exhortation and the word of God] to you so that you will not sin." |
| 2:10 |
"Whoever loves his brother ... there is nothing in him to make him stumble." |
| 3:2-3 |
When Jesus appears we will be like Him, and "everyone who has this hope in him purifies himself" |
| 3:6 |
"No one who lives in him keeps on sinning." |
| 3:6 |
"No one who continues to sin has either seen him or known him." |
| 3:9 |
"No one who is born of God will continue to sin because God's seed remains in him" |
| 5:18 |
"anyone born of God does not continue to sin; the one who was born of God keeps him safe, and the evil one cannot harm him." |