1 John 5:18

KJV1611 – Modern English

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.

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  • 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 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.
  • Jas 1:27 : 27 Pure and undefiled religion before God and the Father is this: to visit orphans and widows in their trouble, and to keep oneself unspotted from the world.
  • 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,
  • 1 John 2:13-14 : 13 I write to you, fathers, because you have known him who is from the beginning. I write to you, young men, because you have overcome the wicked one. I write to you, little children, because you have known the Father. 14 I have written to you, fathers, because you have known him who is from the beginning. I have written to you, young men, because you are strong, and the word of God abides in you, and you have overcome the wicked one.
  • 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 3:3 : 3 And everyone who has this hope in him purifies himself, just as he is pure.
  • 1 John 3:12 : 12 Not 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.
  • 1 John 4:6 : 6 We are from God. He who knows God listens to us; he who is not from God does not listen to us. By this we know the spirit of truth and the spirit of error.
  • 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 5:4 : 4 For whatever is born of God overcomes the world, and this is the victory that overcomes the world, even our faith.
  • 1 John 5:21 : 21 Little children, keep yourselves from idols. Amen.
  • Ps 17:4 : 4 Concerning the works of men, by the word of your lips I have kept myself from the paths of the destroyer.
  • Ps 18:23 : 23 I was also upright before him, and I kept myself from my iniquity.
  • Ps 39:1 : 1 I said, I will be careful of my ways, so that I do not sin with my tongue: I will keep my mouth with a bridle, while the wicked are before me.
  • Ps 119:101 : 101 I have restrained my feet from every evil way, that I may keep Your word.
  • Prov 4:23 : 23 Keep your 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 This man came to Jesus by night and said to him, Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher come from God, for no one can do these miracles that you do, except God be with him. 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. 4 Nicodemus said to 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, Truly, truly, I say to you, except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God.
  • John 14:30 : 30 Hereafter I will not talk much with you: for the prince of this world is coming, and he has nothing in me.
  • John 15:4 : 4 Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit by itself, unless it abides in the vine, no more can you, unless you abide in me.
  • John 15:7 : 7 If you abide in me, and my words abide in you, you shall ask what you will, and it shall be done for you.
  • John 15:9 : 9 As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you; continue in my love.
  • Acts 11:23 : 23 Who, when he came and had seen the grace of God, was glad and encouraged them all, that with purpose of heart, they would remain faithful to the Lord.
  • Jas 1:18 : 18 Of His own will He brought us forth by the word of truth, that we might be a kind of firstfruits of His creatures.
  • Jude 1:24 : 24 Now to Him who is able to keep you from stumbling, and to present you faultless before the presence of His glory with exceeding joy,
  • Rev 2:13 : 13 I know your works, and where you dwell, where Satan's throne is. And you hold fast to my name, and have not denied my faith even in those days when Antipas was my faithful martyr, who was killed among you, where Satan dwells.
  • Rev 3:8-9 : 8 I know your works: behold, I have set before you an open door, and no man can shut it: for you have a little strength, and have kept my word, and have not denied my name. 9 Behold, I will make them of the synagogue of Satan, who say they are Jews, and are not, but do lie; behold, I will make them to come and worship before your feet, and to know that I have loved you. 10 Because you have kept the word of my patience, I also will keep you from the hour of temptation, which shall come upon all the world, to try those who dwell upon the earth.

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