1 John 3:8

ὁ ποι. τὴν ἁμ., an emphatic and interpretative variation of ὁ ἁμαρτάνων “he that makes sin his business or practice”. ἐκ of parentage (cf. 1 John 3:9); “hoc est, ex patre diabolo” (Clem. Alex.). ἀπʼ ἀρχ., a vague phrase. In 1 John 1:1 “ere time began”; in 1 John 2:7; 1 John 3:11,“from the beginning of your Christian life”. Here “from the beginning of his diabolic career”; “a quo peccare cœpit incontrovertibiliter in peccando perseverans” (Clem. Alex.). λύσῃ, “loose,” metaphorically of “loosening a bond,” “relaxing an obligation” (Matthew 5:19; John 5:18), “pulling to pieces” (John 2:19).