Already this is not an adequate translation to come to grips with the sense of this verse.
The Greek says:
"No one who Whosoever is born of God will does not habitually commit sin, because God's seed(His Word) remains in them(disagrees with the verb conjugation number) him(the believer), and he(the believer) is not able to persistently sin, because he(the believer) stands(for once and all) born from out of God."
So; who gets to define what a HABIT is?
Can I sin once a year and get away with it?
How about once a month? Once a week?
Only every other day?
Matthew 18:21-22 (KJV)
21 Then came Peter to him, and said, Lord, how oft shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? till seven times?
22 Jesus saith unto him, I say not unto thee, Until seven times: but, Until seventy times seven.
"No one who Whosoever is born of God will does not habitually commit sin, because
I don't see any HABITUAL in the Greek.
| 9 3956 [e] 9 Pas 9 Πᾶς 9 Anyone 9 Adj-NMS |
3588 [e] ho ὁ - Art-NMS |
1080 [e] gegennēmenos γεγεννημένος having been born V-RPM/P-NMS |
1537 [e] ek ἐκ of Prep |
3588 [e] tou τοῦ - Art-GMS |
2316 [e] Theou Θεοῦ , God N-GMS |
266 [e] hamartian ἁμαρτίαν sin N-AFS |
3756 [e] ou οὐ not Adv |
4160 [e] poiei ποιεῖ , practices V-PIA-3S |
3754 [e] hoti ὅτι because Conj |
4690 [e] sperma σπέρμα seed N-NNS |
846 [e] autou αὐτοῦ of him PPro-GM3S |
1722 [e] en ἐν in Prep |
846 [e] autō αὐτῷ him PPro-DM3S |
3306 [e] menei μένει , abides V-PIA-3S |
2532 [e] kai καὶ and Conj |
3756 [e] ou οὐ not Adv |
1410 [e] dynatai δύναται he is able V-PIM/P-3S |
264 [e] hamartanein ἁμαρτάνειν , to continue sinning V-PNA |
3754 [e] hoti ὅτι because Conj |
1537 [e] ek ἐκ of Prep |
3588 [e] tou τοῦ - Art-GMS |
2316 [e] Theou Θεοῦ God N-GMS |
1080 [e] gegennētai γεγέννηται . he has been born V-RIM/P-3S |
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1 John 3:9 New American Standard Bible (NASB) 9 No one who is [a]born of God practices sin, because His seed abides in him; and he cannot sin, because he is [b]born of God. Strong's Concordance
poieó: to make, do Original Word: ποιέωPart of Speech: Verb Transliteration: poieó Phonetic Spelling: (poy-eh'-o) Short Definition: I do, make Definition: (a) I make, manufacture, construct, (b) I do, act, cause. NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Origina prim. word Definition to make, do NASB Translation accomplished (1), act (4), acted (3), acting (1), acts (2), appointed (3), away* (1), bear (5), bearing (1), bears (3), become (1), bore (1), bring (1), bring...to pass (1), bring about (2), bringing (1), brings forth (1), call (1), carried (1), carries (1), carry (1), cause (3), causes (2), causing (1), commit (2), commits (2), committed (4), composed (1), consider (1), created things (1), dealt (1), did (33), did...do (2), do (170), does (16), does...do (1), doing (38), done (43), establishing (1), execute (4), exercises (1), expose* (1), formed (1), formed a conspiracy (1), forms (1), gave (4), give (4), gives (1), giving (1), have (2), have kept (1), having (1), held (1), indulging (1), keep (3), keeps (1), kept (1), made (38), make (47), makes (7), making (9), observe (2), offer (1), offering (1), perform (4), performed (8), performing (7), performs (1), practice (5), practices (11), practicing (1), present (1), proceeding (1), produce (3), produced (1), produces (2), producing (1), provide (1), put (1), satisfy* (1), setting (1), show (2), showed (1), shown (1), spend (1), spent (4), took (1), treat (6), treated (1), weaker (1), worked (1), working (1). About the NASB. The New American Standard Bible (NASB) translation was created by The Lockman Foundation. It is especially faithful to the original Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek texts and uses a word-for-word instead of a thought-for-thought translation method. nasb.literalword.com/about/translation/
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But I'll just bet that you are as THANKFUL as I that we DO have so many words to study and ponder over!
I'm sitting here, sniffing the aroma wafting up from the kitchen; with my left calf getting cooked by my under desk heater, while my back is not getting nearly enough heat to be comfortable.
Oh well, the thermostat will kick in to the morning program soon and the whole house will warm to greet family, friends and guests as we celebrate; once again; our Nation and it's many blessings.
May you and yours have a rewarding experience as well. (But what shall we do about the football games?? ;^)