1 John 3:9

World English Bible (2000)

Whoever is born of God doesn't commit sin, because his seed remains in him; and he can't sin, because he is born of God.

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  • 1 John 5:18 : 18 We know that whoever is born of God doesn't sin, but he who was born of God keeps himself, and the evil one doesn't 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. Whoever loves the Father also loves the child who is born of him.
  • 1 John 4:7 : 7 Beloved, let us love one another, for love is of 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 of incorruptible, through the word of God, which lives and remains forever.
  • John 3:3 : 3 Jesus answered him, "Most certainly, I tell you, unless one is born anew, he can't see the Kingdom of God."
  • Acts 4:20 : 20 for we can't help telling the things which we saw 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, that you may not do the things that you desire.
  • Matt 7:18 : 18 A good tree can't produce evil fruit, neither can a corrupt tree produce good fruit.
  • Rom 6:2 : 2 May it never be! We who died to sin, how could we live in it any longer?
  • 1 John 5:4 : 4 For whatever is born of God overcomes the world. This is the victory that has overcome the world: your faith.
  • Job 19:28 : 28 If you say, 'How we will persecute him!' because the root of the matter is found in me,
  • Titus 1:2 : 2 in hope of eternal life, which God, who can't lie, promised before time began;

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    16 If anyone sees his brother sinning a sin not leading to death, he shall ask, and God will give him life for those who sin not leading to death. There is a sin leading to death. I don't say that he should make a request concerning this.

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

    18 We know that whoever is born of God doesn't sin, but he who was born of God keeps himself, and the evil one doesn't touch him.

    19 We know that we are of God, and the whole world lies in the power of the evil one.

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    1 Behold, how great a love the Father has bestowed on us, that we should be called children of God! For this cause the world doesn't know us, because it didn't know him.

    2 Beloved, now we are children of God, and it is not yet revealed what we will be. But we know that, when he is revealed, we will be like him; for we will see him just as he is.

    3 Everyone who has this hope set on him purifies himself, even as he is pure.

    4 Everyone who sins also commits lawlessness. Sin is lawlessness.

    5 You know that he was revealed to take away our sins, and in him is no sin.

    6 Whoever remains in him doesn't sin. Whoever sins hasn't seen him, neither knows him.

    7 Little children, let no one lead you astray. He who does righteousness is righteous, even as he is righteous.

    8 He who sins is of the devil, for the devil has been sinning from the beginning. To this end the Son of God was revealed, that he might destroy the works of the devil.

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    10 In this the children of God are revealed, and the children of the devil. Whoever doesn't do righteousness is not of God, neither is he who doesn't love his brother.

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

    12 unlike Cain, who was of the evil one, and killed his brother. Why did he kill him? Because his works were evil, and his brother's righteous.

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

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    23 having been born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, through the word of God, which lives and remains forever.

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    9 Whoever transgresses and doesn't remain in the teaching of Christ, doesn't have God. He who remains in the teaching, the same has both the Father and the Son.

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    13 who 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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    7 But 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.

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

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    1 My little children, I write these things to you so that you may not sin. If anyone sins, we have a Counselor with the Father, Jesus Christ, the righteous.

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    4 For whatever is born of God overcomes the world. This is the victory that has overcome the world: your faith.

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    24 He who keeps his commandments remains in him, and he in him. By this we know that he remains in us, by the Spirit which he gave us.

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    18 He who believes in him is not judged. He who doesn't believe has been judged already, because he has not believed in the name of the one and only Son of God.

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    14 We know that we have passed out of death into life, because we love the brothers. He who doesn't love his brother remains in death.

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    13 By this we know that we remain in him and he in us, because he has given us of his Spirit.

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    21 But he who does the truth comes to the light, that his works may be revealed, that they have been done in God."

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