↵ Letter of John 3
Letter of John 3:8

ὁ ποιῶν τὴν ἁμαρτίαν ἐκ τοῦ διαβόλου ἐστίν, ὅτι ἀπ᾽ ἀρχῆς ὁ διάβολος ἁμαρτάνει. εἰς τοῦτο ἐφανερώθη ὁ υἱὸς τοῦ Θεοῦ, ἵνα λύσῃ τὰ ἔργα τοῦ διαβόλου.

  1. the
  2. ποιῶν
    doing
    making
  3. τὴν
    the
  4. ἁμαρτίαν
    sin
  5. ἐκ
    from
    out of
  6. τοῦ
    of the
    the
  7. διαβόλου
    devil
  8. ἐστίν
    is
  9.  
    ,
     
  10. ὅτι
    that
    because
  11. ἀπ᾽
    from
  12. ἀρχῆς
    beginning
  13. the
  14. διάβολος
    devil
  15. ἁμαρτάνει
    sins
  16.  
    .
     
  17. εἰς
    into
  18. τοῦτο
    this
  19. ἐφανερώθη
    was revealed
    was manifested, he appeared
  20. the
  21. υἱὸς
    son
  22. τοῦ
    of the
    the
  23. Θεοῦ
    God
  24.  
    ,
     
  25. ἵνα
    so that
  26. λύσῃ
    he might destroy
    he might release, release
  27. τὰ
    the
  28. ἔργα
    works
  29. τοῦ
    of the
    the
  30. διαβόλου
    devil
  31.  
    .
     

The one doing sin is from the devil, because the devil sins from the beginning. For this purpose the son of God was manifested, so that he might destroy the works of the devil.