KING JAMES BIBLE · PCE
1 John 3:8–9
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1 John 3:8
8He 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.
8He that committeth sinne, is of the deuill, for the deuill sinneth from the beginning: for this purpose the Sonne of God was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the deuill.
1 John 3:9
9Whosoever is born of God doth not commit sin; for his seed remaineth in him: and he cannot sin, because he is born of God.
9Whosoeuer is borne of God, doth not commit sinne: for his seede remaineth in him, and he cannot sinne, because he is borne of God.
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DEFINED WORDS
1 John 3:8
Transgression of the law of God; an offence against God; or the sinful principle or condition, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription)
A wicked or evil spirit; especially the Devil, Satan, the tempter and adversary; in plural KJV use, evil spirits.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Sins: violates the law of God or a known duty.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (alignment witness) · Webster 1828 (headword: sin)
That which is first; the first state; commencement; entrance into being. The first cause; origin.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage (PCE)
A deity or object of worship; when referring to the LORD, the one true God.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
APPROVED COMBINED MEANING
manifested
Made clear; disclosed; made apparent, obvious or evident.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
Power or strength; also an auxiliary expressing possibility or permission.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
To ruin, demolish, kill, consume, or bring to an end.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
Acts, deeds, labours, or things produced; also acts or operates.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
DEFINED WORDS
1 John 3:9
Whoever; any person who, without restriction in the stated class.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription)
A deity or object of worship; when referring to the LORD, the one true God.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
To do or perpetrate; to entrust, deliver, consign, or place in custody, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
Transgression of the law of God; an offence against God; or the sinful principle or condition, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription)
Remains; continues, stays, or is left.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
Is unable to; is not able to.
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For the reason that; since.
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From verse 8
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Open the full verse study14Forasmuch then as the children are partakers of flesh and blood, he also himself likewise took part of the same; that through death he might destroy him that had the power of death, that is, the devil;
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Open the full verse study44Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it.
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Open the full verse study15And having spoiled principalities and powers, he made a shew of them openly, triumphing over them in it.
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Open the full verse study31Now is the judgment of this world: now shall the prince of this world be cast out.
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Open the full verse study11Of judgment, because the prince of this world is judged.
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Open the full verse study20And the God of peace shall bruise Satan under your feet shortly. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you. Amen.
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Open the full verse study4For if God spared not the angels that sinned, but cast them down to hell, and delivered them into chains of darkness, to be reserved unto judgment;
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Open the full verse study2Wherein in time past ye walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience:
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Open the full verse study18And he said unto them, I beheld Satan as lightning fall from heaven.
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Open the full verse study24Saying, Let us alone; what have we to do with thee, thou Jesus of Nazareth? art thou come to destroy us? I know thee who thou art, the Holy One of God.
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Open the full verse study1IN that day the Lord with his sore and great and strong sword shall punish leviathan the piercing serpent, even leviathan that crooked serpent; and he shall slay the dragon that is in the sea.
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Open the full verse study10In this the children of God are manifest, and the children of the devil: whosoever doeth not righteousness is not of God, neither he that loveth not his brother.
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Open the full verse study5And ye know that he was manifested to take away our sins; and in him is no sin.
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Open the full verse study19And we know that we are of God, and the whole world lieth in wickedness.
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Open the full verse study38The field is the world; the good seed are the children of the kingdom; but the tares are the children of the wicked one;
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Open the full verse study10And the devil that deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet are, and shall be tormented day and night for ever and ever.
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Open the full verse study6And the angels which kept not their first estate, but left their own habitation, he hath reserved in everlasting chains under darkness unto the judgment of the great day.
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Open the full verse study15And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire.
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Open the full verse study2And he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, which is the Devil, and Satan, and bound him a thousand years,
3And cast him into the bottomless pit, and shut him up, and set a seal upon him, that he should deceive the nations no more, till the thousand years should be fulfilled: and after that he must be loosed a little season.
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Open the full verse study15And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.
From verse 9
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Open the full verse study18We know that whosoever is born of God sinneth not; but he that is begotten of God keepeth himself, and that wicked one toucheth him not.
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Open the full verse study23Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which liveth and abideth for ever.
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Open the full verse study1WHOSOEVER believeth that Jesus is the Christ is born of God: and every one that loveth him that begat loveth him also that is begotten of him.
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Open the full verse study13Which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.
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Open the full verse study29If ye know that he is righteous, ye know that every one that doeth righteousness is born of him.
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Open the full verse study18A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, neither can a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit.
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Open the full verse study3Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.
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Open the full verse study4For whatsoever is born of God overcometh the world: and this is the victory that overcometh the world, even our faith.
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Open the full verse study17For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh: and these are contrary the one to the other: so that ye cannot do the things that ye would.
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Open the full verse study7Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God.
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Open the full verse study2God forbid. How shall we, that are dead to sin, live any longer therein?
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Open the full verse study20For we cannot but speak the things which we have seen and heard.
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Open the full verse study2In hope of eternal life, which God, that cannot lie, promised before the world began;
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Open the full verse study28But ye should say, Why persecute we him, seeing the root of the matter is found in me?
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