Whoever remains in him doesn't sin. Whoever sins hasn't seen him, neither knows him.
"As has been pointed out by more than one competent Greek scholar, the appeal to the present tense invites intense suspicion. No other text can be cited where the Greek present tense, unaided by qualifying words, can carry this kind of significance. Indeed, when the Greek writer or speaker wished to indicate that an action was, or was not, continual, there were special words to express this." [Note: Hodges, The Gospel . . ., pp. 58-59. See also Smalley, pp. 159-60; and Yarbrough, p. 183.] 