1Jo 3:4 | RWP | e4.org | Sin is lawlessness ( η αμαρτια εστιν η ανομια ). The article with both subject and predicate makes them coextensive and so interchangeable. Doing sin is the converse of doing righteousness ( ). The present active participle ( ποιων ) means the habit of doing sin.

‏ 1 John 3:4

Sin is lawlessness ( η αμαρτια εστιν η ανομια ). The article with both subject and predicate makes them coextensive and so interchangeable. Doing sin is the converse of doing righteousness (2:29). The present active participle ( ποιων ) means the habit of doing sin.