He says that "sin is the transgression of the law" and that "whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also the law." 1 John 3:4.
--He makes it plain that the law to which he refers is "an old commandment which ye had from the beginning." 1 John 2:7.
He is speaking of the law that existed at the creation and was reiterated upon Mount Sinai."
E.G.W.