LoveGodsWord said:
↑ That is not how God's Word defines sin is it?
The Greek word meaning of sin ἁμαρτάνω; hamartanō means missing the mark. Missing the mark of what? How does God's Word define what sin is or what mark is being missed? How can we know not to practice sin if we do not know what sin is? We are only born of God as God's seed remains in us. What does this mean? *
1 JOHN 3:9
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Strong's Concordance
hamartia: a sin, failure
Original Word: ἁμαρτία, ας, ἡ
Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Transliteration: hamartia
Phonetic Spelling: (ham-ar-tee'-ah)
Definition: a sin, failure
Usage: prop: missing the mark; hence: (a) guilt, sin, (b) a fault, failure (in an ethical sense), sinful deed.
I already posted this in the post you were responding to. The following question was what does missing the mark mean?
1 John 3:4 - Everyone who practices sin also practices lawlessness; and sin is lawlessness. That is certainly missing the mark. Thank God for Jesus Christ! (Romans 3:23; 6:23) God's standard is perfection. The mark is without sin, which only Jesus Christ hit that mark. (Hebrews 4:15)
Indeed many translations read similar to this..
1 JOHN 3:4 (KJV) Whosoever commits sin transgresses also the law: for
sin is the transgression of the law.
Which is a reference to breaking God's Commandments. So sin is breaking anyone of God's 10 commandments right? *See also ROMANS 7:7; JAMES 2:10-11; ROMANS 3:20.
So if sin as it is translated in the Greek is "missing the mark" than sin is not obeying God's Commandments. "Missing the mark" (sin) therefore breaking any one of God's Commandments.
There is no need to substitute the word "for" with "as." 1 John 3:9 - ..for His seed remains in him..
There is no substitution as my comment was not in direct reference to what is in the scripture but to it's application. So 1 JOHN 3:9 reads [9], Whoever is born of God does not commit sin;
for his seed remains in him: and he cannot sin, because he is born of God.
The reason someone is Born of God and does not sin (break God's LAW) is because God's Seed remains in Him correct? The sole reason someone is born again and does not sin is because of the seed remaining in him. So this is why it is important to in understanding this scripture what the seed represents that remians in the Born again christain that causes him/her not to sin (break God's LAW).
You touched on the answer defining what the seed represents in 1PETER 1:23
MATTHEW 13:37[37] He answered and said to them,
He that sows the good seed is the Son of man
LUKE 8:11 Now the parable is this:
The seed is the word of God.
1 PETER 1:23 [23]
Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which lives and stays for ever.
So the reason that we are born again and do not sin (break God's LAW) is because of God's WORD remaining in us. So if God's WORD remains in us we are Born of God and do not sin...
1 CORINTHIANS 3:16 [16]
Know you not that you are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwells in you?
God's seed = God's Word remains in us as we BELIEVE and FOLLOW it! As God's WORD remains in us we are Born of God! As God's WORD remains in us we will not practice sin!
How does God's seed which is God's WORD remain in us?
1 JOHN 5:4 [4] For whatever is born of God overcomes the world: and this is the victory that overcomes the world,
even our faith.
God's WORD remains in us as we BELIEVE and FOLLOW it! Faith in the victory that overcomes the world!
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CONCLUSION: We are only borrn of God as we BELIEVE and FOLLOW God's WORD and as God's WORD remains in us! Sin is breaking any one of God's 10 commandments *JAMES 2:9-10; 1 JOHN 3:4. We have power over SIN as we BELIEVE and FOLLOW God's WORD! FAITH is the VICTORY.
