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1 John 3:4

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · Canne, Browne, Blayney, Scott, and others · Public Domain

committeth: 1 John 3:8-9; 1 Kings 8:47; 1 Chronicles 10:13; 2 Corinthians 12:21; James 5:15

transgresseth: Numbers 15:31; 1 Samuel 15:24; 2 Chronicles 24:20; Isaiah 53:8; Daniel 9:11; Romans 3:20, Romans 4:15; James 2:9-11

for: 1 John 5:17; Romans 7:7-13

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