No, the book doesn't claim literal, never-a-mistake sinlessness — it's specifically about willful sin. As for the Greek behind 1 John 3:9: does "does not sin" describe a habit, or a nature? Only one of those actually fits what John wrote — and it's not the one most translations assume.
Read this post →Paul called himself a doulos of Christ: a slave who owned nothing and could not quit. English Bibles say "servant," a word with off-hours, and that changes how 1 John 3:9 reads.
Read this post →The Greek word behind "church" is ekklesia, a governing assembly of people. The English word comes from a different phrase meaning "the Lord's house," so the picture became a building.
Read this post →The Greek word behind "confess" means to say the same thing. Confession is agreement with God, not a show of sorrow, and that changes how 1 John 1:9 and James 5:16 read.
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