Don't forget verse 4!!! It is the context - the type of sin this chapter is about!!! They are sins unto death - breaking a commandment of God like murder, etc. Most people who laugh at sinlessness, accusing us of teaching sinless perfection which is not taught, are probably free of mortal sins unto death themselves, but are ignorant due to their ignorant teachers. Even though we may not be perfect yet in EVERY fruit of the Spirit, we are still called CLEAN by Jesus. John 15:1-4. So start telling yourself the truth found in God's word and teach it.
John 15:1-4
“I am the true vine, and My Father is the vinedresser. 2 Every branch in Me that does not bear fruit He [
a]takes away; and every
branch that bears fruit He prunes, that it may bear more fruit. 3
You are already clean because of the word which I have spoken to you. 4 Abide in Me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide in Me.
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