Verse 9

No one born of God practices sin, for His seed abides in them; they cannot keep on sinning, because they have been born of God.

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Referenced Verses

  • 1 John 5:18 : 18 We know that anyone born of God does not continue to sin; the One who was born of God keeps them safe, and the evil one cannot harm them.
  • John 1:13 : 13 They were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.
  • 1 John 2:29 : 29 If you know that He is righteous, you know that everyone who practices righteousness has been born of Him.
  • 1 John 5:1 : 1 Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ has been born of God, and everyone who loves the Father loves His child as well.
  • 1 John 4:7 : 7 Beloved, let us love one another, because love is from God, and everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God.
  • 1 Pet 1:23 : 23 For you have been born again, not of perishable seed but of imperishable, through the living and enduring word of God.
  • John 3:3 : 3 Jesus answered him, 'Truly, truly, I tell you, unless someone is born from above, he cannot see the kingdom of God.'
  • Acts 4:20 : 20 'For we cannot stop speaking about what we have seen and heard.'
  • Gal 5:17 : 17 For the flesh desires what is against the Spirit, and the Spirit desires what is against the flesh; these are opposed to each other, so that you do not do what you want to do.
  • Matt 7:18 : 18 A good tree cannot produce bad fruit, and a bad tree cannot produce good fruit.
  • Rom 6:2 : 2 Absolutely not! How can we who died to sin still live in it?
  • 1 John 5:4 : 4 For everyone born of God overcomes the world. This is the victory that has overcome the world: our faith.
  • Job 19:28 : 28 If you say, 'Why should we persecute him?' since the root of the matter is found in me,
  • Titus 1:2 : 2 In the hope of eternal life, which the God who does not lie promised before the beginning of time.