Verse 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.

Referenced Verses

  • Jude 1:21 : 21 Keep yourselves in the love of God, looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ to eternal life.
  • 1 John 3:9 : 9 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.
  • 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 unstained by the world.
  • 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.
  • 1 John 2:13-14 : 13 I write to you, fathers, because you know him who is from the beginning. I write to you, young men, because you have overcome the evil one. I write to you, little children, because you know the Father. 14 I have written to you, fathers, because you know him who is from the beginning. I have written to you, young men, because you are strong, and the word of God remains in you, and you have overcome the evil 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 Everyone who has this hope set on him purifies himself, even as he is pure.
  • 1 John 3:12 : 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.
  • 1 John 4:6 : 6 We are of God. He who knows God listens to us. He who is not of God doesn't 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. Whoever loves the Father also loves the child who is born of him.
  • 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.
  • 1 John 5:21 : 21 Little children, keep yourselves from idols.
  • Ps 17:4 : 4 As for the works of men, by the word of your lips, I have kept myself from the ways of the violent.
  • Ps 18:23 : 23 I was also blameless with him. I kept myself from my iniquity.
  • Ps 39:1 : 1 I said, "I will watch my ways, so that I don't sin with my tongue. I will keep my mouth with a bridle while the wicked is before me."
  • Ps 119:101 : 101 I have kept my feet from every evil way, that I might observe your word.
  • Prov 4:23 : 23 Keep your heart with all diligence, for out of it is the wellspring 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 to him by night, and said to him, "Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher come from God, for no one can do these signs that you do, unless God is with him." 3 Jesus answered him, "Most certainly, I tell you, unless one is born anew, he can't 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, "Most certainly I tell you, unless one is born of water and spirit, he can't enter into the Kingdom of God!
  • John 14:30 : 30 I will no more speak much with you, for the prince of the world comes, and he has nothing in me.
  • John 15:4 : 4 Remain in me, and I in you. As the branch can't 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, you will ask whatever you desire, and it will be done for you.
  • John 15:9 : 9 Even as the Father has loved me, I also have loved you. Remain in my love.
  • Acts 11:23 : 23 who, when he had come, and had seen the grace of God, was glad. He exhorted them all, that with purpose of heart they should remain near to 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 first fruits of his creatures.
  • Jude 1:24 : 24 Now to him who is able to keep them from stumbling, and to present you faultless before the presence of his glory in great joy,
  • Rev 2:13 : 13 "I know your works and where you dwell, where Satan's throne is. You hold firmly to my name, and didn't deny my faith in the days of Antipas my witness, my faithful one, 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, which no one can shut), that you have a little power, and kept my word, and didn't deny my name. 9 Behold, I give of the synagogue of Satan, of those who say they are Jews, and they are not, but lie. Behold, I will make them to come and worship before your feet, and to know that I have loved you. 10 Because you kept my command to endure, I also will keep you from the hour of testing, which is to come on the whole world, to test those who dwell on the earth.