Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
Additional proof of the incompatibility of sin and sonship; the very object of Christ's manifestation in the flesh was to take away (by one act, and entirely, aorist) all sins, as the scapegoat did typically.
and—another proof of the same.
in him is no sin—not "was," but "is," as in I John 3:7, "He is righteous," and I John 3:3, "He is pure." Therefore we are to be so.
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing 1 John 3:5:
Leviticus 16:20-22
Isaiah 52:13
Isaiah 53:9
John 14:30-31
1 Corinthians 15:3
2 Corinthians 5:21
1 Timothy 3:16
1 John 3:2
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