3:5a

Christ appeared: (Meaning) The meaning here is similar to that of “He appears” in 2:28, but here in 3:5a it refers to when Christ first came into the world.

take away sins: (Meaning) This has the same meaning as in John 1:29, “the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world.” It is saying that Jesus died so that God would forgive our sins and no guilt for them would remain.

3:5b

in Him there is no sin: (Collocation) If it is not possible in your translation to refer to sin being “in” someone, this can be rephrased, “he/Jesus cannot do any sin.”

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