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@grace, @Pearl @ScottA None of you answered the question regarding with translation is correct. 1. "practice" 2. "commit" Please tell me now. And if you chose "practice." what does "practice" entail?

Grace, I want to address you separately because you are the most in peril of believing false doctrine. We Must be born again, and that means we Must receive the Holy Spirit indwelling us. The church fathers that taught you twisted the doctrine you just quoted and don't even mention the Spirit...

I agree with the rest of your post. But which is the best translation: "Unpractised" is not in the any translation. Please answer the question.

What is the difference in understanding and truth between us not practicing sin, or not committing sin? Note the context of this chapter and what type of sin John is talking about 1 John 3:4 sins of lawlessness. What does changing the word to practice allow us to do. Of course, cannot commit sin...

You sound like you are against purity. Don't you want to be like Jesus and go to heaven? If anyone was a purist, He was. He even said Be perfect as my Father in heaven is perfect. And Peter said of Him in 1 Peter 1:16, "be holy for I am holy." If you really want to know something true, KNOW...

The key in repentance is wanting to be like Christ, not just have him take you to heaven. We can't just sin, repent, and sin again. That won't take you to heaven. We need the infilling of the Holy Spirit to never commit a major sin again and gradually become like Christ 2 Peter 1:5-7. Those are...

True, but we can't do what He says until we repent and are filled with His Spirit. Acts 2:38.

Yes, we first need to apprehend in order to comprehend.

comprehend is still accurate. Read 1 Corinthians 2:9-16

Because only by the Spirit (God is light, 1 John 1:5) can we understand spiritual things. 1 Corinthians 2:9-16. Those in the dark call the light "foolishness."

No, not that low. We will be like Jesus. 1 John 3:1-3 Sorry for the confusion.

Yes, in our New Covenant we can. God even calls us children of God in 1 John 3:1-3, so sons of God is appropriate for all who will be with the angels in heaven with God forever. We even can do divine things such as heal the sick, cast out demons and even raise the dead. Also, ever since Jesus...

Scripture only calls angels "sons of God." And that includes both the original angels and the fallen angels per Job 1 and 1 Kings 22:19-23

I thought about this and decided that God showed us love even further back by creating us with free will. That started the wheels rolling for the final overcomers that love God with ALL their hearts to live and reign with Him in heavenly places forever.

Yes, God wanted eternal fellowship, so He created man in His Image with free will. He also created the angels with free will. Because He knew good from evil already, He also created a testing tree. Why? So man and angels would fall? No! He looked forward to when all who were left were...

This is better than Randy's statement, but doesn't quite hit the mark. To make your election sure, you must put down sin now before we die. To say we can't is the defeatism of the devil and his lie, and not scriptural. Jesus not only took away our sin nature and sins of lawlessness, but gave us...

That didn't answer my question, nor made sense. You're the one who seems clueless. LOL

That is not true. Don't you know what being born again frees us from? Answer this. Why did Jesus come regarding the name of this OP?

John does too, even after our sin has been cleansed and taken away. What is left are misdemeanors from immature fruit (1 John 5:16-17 sins not unto death), so we MUST grow in the Spirit and follow the steps of 2 Peter 1:5-7. 1 John 3:1-3 Behold what manner of love the Father has bestowed on us...

I agree. The angels were created immortal as was man (unable to die) until man fell and became mortal (able to die). Jesus came to undo sin, and taking sin out of the born again, literally destroying the works of the devil in them. 1 John 5:18. Hell was created by God for the devil and his...