I can read your MOTIVES.
However, You are not taking into account the GREEK Verb Tenses that are the words that we do have the exact meaning for in ENGLISH.
And Greek PRESENT TENSE is One of those Verbs.
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1. PRESENT TENSE
In English, we know that the present tense describes something happening right now. It informs us of the time when an action takes place.
In Greek, however, the present tense primarily tells us the type of action. The Greek present tense indicates continued action, something that happens continually or repeatedly, or something that is in the process of happening. If you say, for instance, "The sun is rising," you are talking about a process happening over a period of time, not an instantaneous event. The Greeks use the present tense to express this kind of continued action.
In contrast, Greek uses the aorist tense to show simple action. An aorist verb simply tells you that something happened, with no indication of how long it took.
Aorist is like a snapshot; present is like a video.
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https://www.ezraproject.com/greek-tenses-explained :
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In GREEK we have SIX primary verb tenses, in ENGLISH we have only THREE primary verb tenses. You will find that in
1 John, JOHN is VERY FOND of the GREEK PRESENT TENSE verbs, as most of them are in the Gk. Present Tense. It is TOTALLY NOT LIKE OUR Present Tense. In fact we do not have that TENSE in our Language. So we had to make do, even though it does not convey the exact meaning. Which makes ENGLISH a POOR Language to translate the Bible Into.
1 John 3:9 (NIV)
9 No one who is born of God will continue to sin, because God's seed remains in him;
he cannot go on sinning, because he has been born of God.
Sinning is in the GREEK PRESENT TENSE: It NEVER Implies PERFECTION. It IMPLIES a LIFESTYLE of Striving to Do that VERB. In other words your life is characterized by striving not to SIN. Yes, we will stumble into sin, but we get right up, GO to
1 John 1:9, and CONFESS it and get right back to striving Not to sin. That Confess IT as Sin, is an LIFESTYLE, of confessing each new sin you find in your life. And it too is in the GREEK PRESENT TENSE.
I guess that now I have Burst your Bubble, if you were starting to think you do not sin anymore. YOU TOO HAVE A SIN NATURE THAT YOU WILL NOT GET RID OF UNTIL YOU GET THAT GLORIFIED BODY. Like I have heard Dr. John MacArthur say an number of times,
"A Christian is not sinless, but as they mature, they will sin less, and less, and less."
There are sins of Committion, sins of Omittion, sins of Thoughts, sins of Quick Temper, sins of Anger, sins of NOT paying attention like not paying attention to EVERY ORDINANCE OF MAN, etc., etc. YES, it is a sin to exceed the Posted Speed limit by 1 mph.
1 Peter 2:13-17 (NKJV)
13
Therefore submit yourselves to every ordinance of man for the Lord's sake, whether to the king as supreme,
14 or to governors, as to those who are sent by him for the punishment of evildoers and
for the praise of those who do good.
15
For this is the will of God, that by doing good you may put to silence the ignorance of foolish men--
16 as free, yet not using liberty as a cloak for vice, but as bondservants of God.
17 Honor all
people. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honor the
king.
[.That is President Donald Trump if you are an American.]
You are SINNING!
Better get back to studying what all GOD considers SIN. May this verse will help.
Ecclesiastes 7:20 (NKJV)
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For there is not a just man on earth who does good, And does not sin.
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