1 John 5:18

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

We know that everyone fathered by God does not sin, but God protects the one he has fathered, and the evil one cannot touch him.

📖 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 maintain yourselves in the love of God, while anticipating the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ that brings eternal life.
• 1 John 3:9 : 9 Everyone who has been fathered by God does not practice sin, because God’s seed resides in him, and thus he is not able to sin, because he has been fathered by God.
• Jas 1:27 : 27 Pure and undefiled religion before God the Father is this: to care for orphans and widows in their adversity and to keep oneself unstained by the world.
• 1 Pet 1:23 : 23 You have been born anew, not from perishable but from imperishable seed, through the living and enduring word of God.
• 1 John 2:13-14 : 13 I am writing to you, fathers, that you have known him who has been from the beginning. I am writing to you, young people, that you have conquered the evil one. 14 I have written to you, children, that you have known the Father. I have written to you, fathers, that you have known him who has been from the beginning. I have written to you, young people, that you are strong, and the word of God resides in you, and you have conquered the evil one.
• 1 John 2:29 : 29 If you know that he is righteous, you also know that everyone who practices righteousness has been fathered by him.
• 1 John 3:3 : 3 And everyone who has this hope focused on him purifies himself, just as Jesus is pure).
• 1 John 3:12 : 12 not like Cain who was of the evil one and brutally murdered his brother. And why did he murder him? Because his deeds were evil, but his brother’s were righteous.
• 1 John 4:6 : 6 We are from God; the person who knows God listens to us, but whoever is not from God does not listen to us. By this we know the Spirit of truth and the spirit of deceit.
• 1 John 5:1 : 1 Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ has been fathered by God, and everyone who loves the father loves the child fathered by him.
• 1 John 5:4 : 4 because everyone who has been fathered by God conquers the world. Testimony About the SonThis is the conquering power that has conquered the world: our faith.
• 1 John 5:21 : 21 Little children, guard yourselves from idols.
• Ps 17:4 : 4 As for the actions of people– just as you have commanded, I have not followed in the footsteps of violent men.
• Ps 18:23 : 23 I was innocent before him, and kept myself from sinning.
• Ps 39:1 : 1 For the music director, Jeduthun; a psalm of David. I decided,“I will watch what I say and make sure I do not sin with my tongue. I will put a muzzle over my mouth while in the presence of an evil man.”
• Ps 119:101 : 101 I stay away from every evil path, so that I might keep your instructions.
• Prov 4:23 : 23 Guard your heart with all vigilance, for from it are the sources of life.
• John 1:13 : 13 – children not born by human parents or by human desire or a husband’s decision, but by God.
• John 3:2-5 : 2 came to Jesus at night and said to him,“Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher who has come from God. For no one could perform the miraculous signs that you do unless God is with him.” 3 Jesus replied,“I tell you the solemn truth, unless a person is born from above, he cannot see the kingdom of God.” 4 Nicodemus said to him,“How can a man be born when he is old? He cannot enter his mother’s womb and be born a second time, can he?” 5 Jesus answered,“I tell you the solemn truth, unless a person is born of water and spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God.
• John 14:30 : 30 I will not speak with you much longer, for the ruler of this world is coming. He has no power over me,
• John 15:4 : 4 Remain in me, and I will remain in you. Just as the branch cannot bear fruit by itself, unless it remains in the vine, so neither can you unless you remain in me.
• John 15:7 : 7 If you remain in me and my words remain in you, ask whatever you want, and it will be done for you.
• John 15:9 : 9 “Just as the Father has loved me, I have also loved you; remain in my love.
• Acts 11:23 : 23 When he came and saw the grace of God, he rejoiced and encouraged them all to remain true to the Lord with devoted hearts,
• Jas 1:18 : 18 By his sovereign plan he gave us birth through the message of truth, that we would be a kind of firstfruits of all he created.
• Jude 1:24 : 24 Final Blessing Now to the one who is able to keep you from falling, and to cause you to stand, rejoicing, without blemish before his glorious presence,
• Rev 2:13 : 13 ‘I know where you live– where Satan’s throne is. Yet you continue to cling to my name and you have not denied your faith in me, even in the days of Antipas, my faithful witness, who was killed in your city where Satan lives.
• Rev 3:8-9 : 8 ‘I know your deeds.(Look! I have put in front of you an open door that no one can shut.) I know that you have little strength, but you have obeyed my word and have not denied my name. 9 Listen! I am going to make those people from the synagogue of Satan– who say they are Jews yet are not, but are lying– Look, I will make them come and bow down at your feet and acknowledge that I have loved you. 10 Because you have kept my admonition to endure steadfastly, I will also keep you from the hour of testing that is about to come on the whole world to test those who live on the earth.