1 John 5:18

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

We know that whosoever is begotten of God sinneth not; but he that was begotten of God keepeth himself, and the evil one toucheth him not.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Οἴδαμεν ὅτι πᾶς ὁ γεγεννημένος ἐκ τοῦ Θεοῦ οὐχ ἁμαρτάνει· ἀλλʼ ὁ γεννηθεὶς ἐκ τοῦ Θεοῦ τηρεῖ ἐαυτὸν, καὶ ὁ πονηρὸς οὐχ ἅπτεται αὐτοῦ.

Transliteration

We oidamen that everyone gegennēmenos from the Theou not hamartanei; but the one gennētheis from the Theou tērei heauton, and the ponēros not haptetai him.

Grammar Details

• *oidamen*: perfect active indicative, 1st plural - we know
• *hoti*: conjunction - that
• *pas*: nominative, masculine, singular - everyone/all
• *gegennēmenos*: perfect passive participle, nominative, masculine, singular - having been born/begotten
• *ek*: preposition with genitive - from/out of
• *Theou*: genitive, masculine, singular - of God
• *ouch*: negative particle - not
• *hamartanei*: present active indicative, 3rd singular - sins
• *alla*: adversative conjunction - but
• *gennētheis*: aorist passive participle, nominative, masculine, singular - having been born/begotten
• *tērei*: present active indicative, 3rd singular - keeps/guards
• *heauton*: reflexive pronoun, accusative, masculine, singular - himself
• *ponēros*: nominative, masculine, singular - evil one
• *haptetai*: present middle indicative, 3rd singular - touches
• *autou*: genitive, masculine, singular - of him

Word Meanings

• *oidamen*: we know/we understand/we perceive
• *gegennēmenos*: having been born/having been begotten/having been brought forth
• *hamartanei*: sins/errs/misses the mark
• *gennētheis*: having been born/having been begotten/having been brought forth
• *tērei*: keeps/guards/watches over
• *heauton*: himself/his own self
• *ponēros*: evil one/wicked one/malicious one
• *haptetai*: touches/lays hold of/clings to

Referenced Verses

• Jude 1:21 : 21 keep yourselves in the love of God, looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life.
• 1 John 3:9 : 9 Whosoever is begotten of God doeth no {G4160} sin, because his seed abideth in him: and he cannot {G3756} sin, because he is begotten of God.
• Jas 1:27 : 27 Pure religion and undefiled before our God and Father is this, to visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, [and] to keep oneself unspotted from the world.
• 1 Pet 1:23 : 23 having been begotten again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, through the word of God, which liveth and abideth.
• 1 John 2:13-14 : 13 I write unto you, fathers, because ye know him who is from the beginning. I write unto you, young men, because ye have overcome the evil one. I have written unto you, little children, because ye know the Father. 14 I have written unto you, fathers, because ye know him who is from the beginning. I have written unto you, young men, because ye are strong, and the word of God abideth in you, and ye have overcome the evil one.
• 1 John 2:29 : 29 If ye know that he is righteous, ye know that every one also that doeth righteousness is begotten of him.
• 1 John 3:3 : 3 And every one that hath this hope [set] on him purifieth himself, even as he is pure.
• 1 John 3:12 : 12 not as Cain was of the evil one, and slew his brother. And wherefore {G5101} slew he him? Because his works were evil, and his brother's righteous.
• 1 John 4:6 : 6 We are of God: he that knoweth God heareth us; he who is not of God heareth us not. By this we know the spirit of truth, and the spirit of error.
• 1 John 5:1 : 1 Whosoever believeth that Jesus is the Christ is begotten of God: and whosoever {G3588} loveth him that begat loveth him also that is begotten of him.
• 1 John 5:4 : 4 For whatsoever is begotten of God overcometh the world: and this is the victory that hath overcome the world, [even] our faith.
• 1 John 5:21 : 21 [My] little children, guard yourselves from idols. amen.
• Ps 17:4 : 4 As for the works of men, by the word of thy lips I have kept me from the ways of the violent.
• Ps 18:23 : 23 I was also perfect with him, And I kept myself from mine iniquity.
• Ps 39:1 : 1 For the Chief Musician, for Jeduthun. A Psalm of David. I said, I will take heed to my ways, That I sin not with my tongue: I will keep my mouth with a bridle, While the wicked is before me.
• Ps 119:101 : 101 I have refrained my feet from every evil way, That I might observe thy word.
• Prov 4:23 : 23 Keep thy heart with all diligence; For out of it are the issues of life.
• John 1:13 : 13 who were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.
• John 3:2-5 : 2 the same came unto him by night, and said to him, Rabbi, we know that thou art a teacher come from God; for no one can do these signs that thou doest, except God be with him. 3 Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except one be born anew, he cannot {G1410} see the kingdom of God. 4 Nicodemus saith unto him, How can a man be born when he is old? can he enter a second time into his mother's womb, and be born? 5 Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except one be born of water and the Spirit, he cannot {G1410} enter into the kingdom of God!
• John 14:30 : 30 I will no more speak much with you, for the prince of the world cometh: and he hath {G3756} nothing in me;
• John 15:4 : 4 Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot {G3756} bear fruit of itself, except {G3361} it abide in the vine; so neither can ye, except {G3361} ye abide in me.
• John 15:7 : 7 If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ask whatsoever {G1437} ye will, and it shall be done unto you.
• John 15:9 : 9 Even as the Father hath loved me, I also have loved you: abide ye in my love.
• Acts 11:23 : 23 who, when he was come, and had seen the grace of God, was glad; and he exhorted them all, that with purpose of heart they would cleave unto the Lord:
• Jas 1:18 : 18 Of his own will he brought us forth by the word of truth, that we should be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures.
• Jude 1:24 : 24 Now unto him that is able to guard you from stumbling, and to set you before the presence of his glory without blemish in exceeding joy,
• Rev 2:13 : 13 I know where thou dwellest, [even] where Satan's throne is; and thou holdest fast my name, and didst not deny my faith, even in the days {G1722} of Antipas my witness, my faithful one, who was killed among you, where Satan dwelleth.
• Rev 3:8-9 : 8 I know thy works (behold, I have set before thee a door opened, which none can shut), {G846} that thou hast a little power, and didst keep my word, and didst not deny my name. 9 Behold, I give of the synagogue of Satan, of them that say they are Jews, and they are not, but do lie; behold, I will make them to come and worship before thy feet, and to know that I have loved thee. 10 Because thou didst keep the word of my patience, I also will keep thee from the hour of trial, that [hour] which is to come upon the whole world, to try them that dwell upon the earth.