It’s pretty obvious what MHGinTN is saying. That the regenerated spirit of God within the believer cannot sin, but the old sinful self is still at war within the believer.
That’s what Scripture says too, so points for him there.
What do YOU say, Phil? That doesn’t so blatantly contradict the Word, that is?
Funny thing; I’ll note that I gave Phil a chance to explain what Scripture REALLY means with the sole caveat that he not try to say that it means the opposite of what it says.
Instead he started insulting me.
Yep, he’s a REALLY smart boy there, our Phil, Luircin said sarcastically.
Barnes’s Notes: Whosoever is born of God doth not commit sin - This passage must either mean that they who are born of God, that is, who are true Christians, do not sin habitually and characteristically, or that everyone who is a true Christian is absolutely perfect, and never commits any sin. If it can be used as referring to the doctrine of absolute perfection at all, it proves, not that Christians may be perfect, or that a “portion” of them are, but that all are. But who can maintain this? Who can believe that John meant to affirm this? Nothing can be clearer than that the passage has not this meaning, and that John did not teach a doctrine so contrary to the current strain of the Scriptures, and to fact; and if he did not teach this, then in this whole passage he refers to those who are habitually and characteristically righteous.