1 John 3:8 in context
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1 John 3:7      1 John 3:9

First letter of John 3:8

[A child resembles its parents. Just as God's children practice righteousness, see 1 John 3:7; 2:29, the devil's children practice sin. Verses 8-10 repeat and expand on the same three points presented in verses 4-7. The first point is about sin and its origin. The expression "practices sin" recurs in verses 4 and 8. The second point concerns Jesus "appearing" to take away sin, see verse 5, and to destroy the devil's works, see verse 8. Finally, the conclusion is that it is obvious who are God's children and who are the devil's children, see verses 6-7 and 9-10. This and the previous paragraph combine several different literary styles, such as chiasmus, parallelism, etc., which are difficult to illustrate in a translation.]
Anyone who practices sin (lives habitually in sin)
is from the devil [gets his character from the evil one],
for the devil has sinned [habitually broken God's orders – missed the mark] from the beginning.
The reason why the Son of God was revealed (made visible) was so that he could dissolve (annul, remove, free those who are bound by) the devil's actions (deeds).
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ὁ   ποιῶν   τὴν   ἁμαρτίαν   ἐκ   τοῦ   διαβόλου   ἐστίν,   ὅτι   ἀπ᾽   ἀρχῆς   ὁ   διάβολος   ἁμαρτάνει.   εἰς   τοῦτο   ἐφανερώθη   ὁ   υἱὸς   τοῦ   θεοῦ   ἵνα   λύσῃ   τὰ   ἔργα   τοῦ   διαβόλου.  

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The greek text has 27 words. There is no difference between NA and TR in this verse.


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Strongs nr Greek English Grammar Code
G3588
 ὁ (o)
 The [one]
Definite article Definite article
nom. sing. ♂ Nominative singular masculine
T-NSM
G4160
 ποιῶν (poion)
 practicing
VERB Verb
pres. active part. present active Participle
nom. sing. ♂ Nominative singular masculine
V-PAP-NSM
G3588
 τὴν (ten)
Definite article Definite article
acc. sing. ♀ accusative singular feminine
T-ASF
G0266
 ἁμαρτίαν (amartian)
 sin,
Noun Noun
acc. sing. ♀ accusative singular feminine
N-ASF
G1537
 ἐκ (ek)
 of
Preposition Preposition
 PREP
G3588
 τοῦ (toy)
 the
Definite article Definite article
gen. sing. ♂ genitive singular masculine
T-GSM
G1228
 διαβόλου (diaboloy)
 devil
Adjective Adjective
gen. sing. ♂ genitive singular masculine
A-GSM
G1510
 ἐστίν, (estin,)
 is,
VERB Verb
pres. active ind. present active indicative
sing. third person singular
V-PAI-3S
G3754
 ὅτι (oti)
 because
Conj. Conjunktion
 CONJ
G0575
 ἀπ᾽ (ap)
 from
Preposition Preposition
 PREP
G0746
 ἀρχῆς (arches)
 [the] beginning
Noun Noun
gen. sing. ♀ genitive singular feminine
N-GSF
G3588
 ὁ (o)
 the
Definite article Definite article
nom. sing. ♂ Nominative singular masculine
T-NSM
G1228
 διάβολος (diabolos)
 devil
Adjective Adjective
nom. sing. ♂ Nominative singular masculine
A-NSM
G0264
 ἁμαρτάνει. (amartanei.)
 has been sinning.
VERB Verb
pres. active ind. present active indicative
sing. third person singular
V-PAI-3S
G1519
 εἰς (eis)
 For
Preposition Preposition
 PREP
G3778
 τοῦτο (toyto)
 this [reason]
Demonstrative pron. Demonstrative pronoun
acc. sing. neut. accusative singular Neutral
D-ASN
G5319
 ἐφανερώθη (ephanerothe)
 was revealed
VERB Verb
aorist pass. ind. aorist passive indicative
sing. third person singular
V-API-3S
G3588
 ὁ (o)
 the
Definite article Definite article
nom. sing. ♂ Nominative singular masculine
T-NSM
G5207
 υἱὸς (yios)
 Son
Noun Noun
nom. sing. ♂ Nominative singular masculine
N-NSM
G3588
 τοῦ (toy)
Definite article Definite article
gen. sing. ♂ genitive singular masculine
T-GSM
G2316
 θεοῦ (theoy)
 of God,
Noun Noun
gen. sing. ♂ genitive singular masculine
N-GSM
G2443
 ἵνα (ina)
 so that
Conj. Conjunktion
 CONJ
G3089
 λύσῃ (lyse)
 He may destroy
VERB Verb
aorist active subj. aorist active subjunctive
sing. third person singular
V-AAS-3S
G3588
 τὰ (ta)
 the
Definite article Definite article
acc. pl. neut. accusative plural Neutral
T-APN
G2041
 ἔργα (erga)
 works
Noun Noun
acc. pl. neut. accusative plural Neutral
N-APN
G3588
 τοῦ (toy)
 of the
Definite article Definite article
gen. sing. ♂ genitive singular masculine
T-GSM
G1228
 διαβόλου. (diaboloy.)
 devil.
Adjective Adjective
gen. sing. ♂ genitive singular masculine
A-GSM

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