1 John 3:6. "No one who lives in him keeps on sinning".
The latter verse (5:18) should be understood in light of the earlier verse (3:6). IN ANY CASE, the 2 verses are not contradicting each other. So out with the perfect people.
John is not claiming sinless perfection (1:8-10; 2:1), but explaining that the believer's life is characterized not by sin but by doing what is right.
David, if anyone claims they are without sin, they deceive themselves and the truth is not in them. 1 John 1:8. All this talk is useless to me. I stand on 1 John 1:8.
1 John 5:18. "We know that anyone born of God does not continue to sin..."
I realize that there are theologians and philosophers and gurus of the Bible
that try to explain away this simple passage, but it can't be done. Glenn
has implied in the past that this means "continues to sin" as in "habitually
sinning." He evidently is repeating what he has read in other books. But
this idea is not in this particular verse. The case MIGHT be made for some
similar verses in 1 John 3, but not for this verse in 1 John 5:18.
