1 John 3:9

KJV1611 – Modern English

Whoever is born of God does not commit sin; for his seed remains in him: and he cannot sin, because he is born of God.

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  • 1 John 5:18 : 18 We know that whoever is born of God does not sin, but he who is born of God keeps himself, and the wicked one does not touch him.
  • 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.
  • 1 John 2:29 : 29 If you know that he is righteous, you know that everyone who practices righteousness is born of him.
  • 1 John 5:1 : 1 Whoever believes that Jesus is the Christ is born of God, and everyone who loves the parent loves the child born of them.
  • 1 John 4:7 : 7 Beloved, let us love one another, for love is from God; and everyone who loves is born of God and knows God.
  • 1 Pet 1:23 : 23 Having been born again, not of corruptible seed but incorruptible, through the word of God which lives and abides forever,
  • John 3:3 : 3 Jesus answered and said to him, Truly, truly, I say to you, except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.
  • Acts 4:20 : 20 For we cannot but speak the things which we have seen and heard.
  • Gal 5:17 : 17 For the flesh lusts against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh; and these are contrary to one another, so that you cannot do the things that you wish.
  • Matt 7:18 : 18 A good tree cannot bear bad fruit, nor can a bad tree bear good fruit.
  • Rom 6:2 : 2 Certainly not. How shall we who are dead to sin live any longer in it?
  • 1 John 5:4 : 4 For whatever is born of God overcomes the world, and this is the victory that overcomes the world, even our faith.
  • Job 19:28 : 28 But you should say, 'Why do we persecute him, since the root of the matter is found in me?'
  • Titus 1:2 : 2 In hope of eternal life, which God, who cannot lie, promised before time began;

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    16If anyone sees his brother sinning a sin not leading to death, he will ask, and He will give him life for those who commit sin not leading to death. There is a sin leading to death; I do not say that he should pray about that.

    17All unrighteousness is sin, and there is a sin not leading to death.

    18We know that whoever is born of God does not sin, but he who is born of God keeps himself, and the wicked one does not touch him.

    19And we know that we are of God, and the whole world lies under the sway of the wicked one.

  • 1 John 3:1-8
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    1Behold, what kind of love the Father has given us, that we should be called the children of God: therefore the world does not know us, because it did not know him.

    2Beloved, now we are the children of God, and it has not yet been revealed what we shall be: but we know that when he appears, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is.

    3And everyone who has this hope in him purifies himself, just as he is pure.

    4Whoever commits sin also transgresses the law: for sin is the transgression of the law.

    5And you know that he was manifested to take away our sins; and in him there is no sin.

    6Whoever abides in him does not sin: whoever sins has not seen him, nor known him.

    7Little children, let no one deceive you: he who does righteousness is righteous, just as he is righteous.

    8He who commits sin is of the devil; for the devil has sinned from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil.

  • 1 John 3:10-12
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    10In this the children of God and the children of the devil are manifest: whoever does not do righteousness is not of God, nor he who does not love his brother.

    11For this is the message that you heard from the beginning, that we should love one another.

    12Not as Cain, who was of the wicked one, and killed his brother. And why did he kill him? Because his own works were evil, and his brother’s righteous.

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    1Whoever believes that Jesus is the Christ is born of God, and everyone who loves the parent loves the child born of them.

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    29If you know that he is righteous, you know that everyone who practices righteousness is born of him.

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    23Having been born again, not of corruptible seed but incorruptible, through the word of God which lives and abides forever,

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    9Whoever transgresses and does not abide in the doctrine of Christ does not have God. He who abides in the doctrine of Christ has both the Father and the Son.

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    13Who were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.

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    7Beloved, let us love one another, for love is from God; and everyone who loves is born of God and knows God.

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    7But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanses us from all sin.

    8If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.

    9If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

    10If we say that we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us.

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    1My little children, I write these things to you so that you do not sin. And if anyone sins, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous:

  • John 3:5-7
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    5Jesus answered, Truly, truly, I say to you, except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God.

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    7Do not marvel that I said to you, You must be born again.

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    15that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life.

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    24And he who keeps his commandments abides in him, and he in him. And by this we know that he abides in us, by the Spirit which he has given us.

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    11Beloved, do not follow what is evil, but what is good. He who does good is of God: but he who does evil has not seen God.

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    18He who believes in him is not condemned, but he who does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.

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    14We know that we have passed from death to life, because we love the brothers. He who does not love his brother abides in death.

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    15Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him.

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    13By this we know that we dwell in Him, and He in us, because He has given us of His Spirit.

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    5But whoever keeps his word, truly the love of God is perfected in him: by this we know that we are in him.

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    21But he who does the truth comes to the light, that his deeds may be clearly seen, that they have been done in God.

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    21Beloved, if our heart does not condemn us, then we have confidence toward God.

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    12I write to you, little children, because your sins are forgiven you for his name's sake.