1 John 3:9 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

Whosoever is begotten of God doeth no sin, because his seed abideth in him: and he cannot sin, because he is begotten of God.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

Whosoever is born of God doth not commit sin; for his seed remaineth in him: and he cannot sin, because he is born of God.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

No one born (begotten) of God [deliberately, knowingly, and habitually] practices sin, for God's nature abides in him [His principle of life, the divine sperm, remains permanently within him]; and he cannot practice sinning because he is born (begotten) of God.

American Standard Version (1901)

Whosoever is begotten of God doeth no sin, because his seed abideth in him: and he cannot sin, because he is begotten of God.

Common English Bible

Those born from God don’t practice sin because God’s DNA remains in them. They can’t sin because they are born from God.

Catholic Public Domain Version

All those who have been born of God do not commit sin. For the offspring of God abides in them, and he is not able to sin, because he was born of God.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

Whosoever is born of God, committeth not sin: for his seed abideth in him, and he can not sin, because he is born of God.

1 John 3:9 Cross References

Job 19:28

If ye say, How we will persecute him! Seeing that the root of the matter is found in me;

Psalm 119:3

Yea, they do no unrighteousness; They walk in his ways.

Leviticus 11:37

And if aught of their carcase fall upon any sowing seed which is to be sown, it is clean.

Matthew 7:18

A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, neither can a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit.

John 1:13

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

John 3:3

Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born anew, he cannot see the kingdom of God.

Acts 4:20

for we cannot but speak the things which we saw and heard.

Romans 6:2

God forbid. We who died to sin, how shall we any longer live therein?

Galatians 5:17

For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh; for these are contrary the one to the other; that ye may not do the things that ye would.

Titus 1:2

in hope of eternal life, which God, who cannot lie, promised before times eternal;

1 Peter 1:23

having been begotten again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, through the word of God, which liveth and abideth.

1 John 2:29

If ye know that he is righteous, ye know that every one also that doeth righteousness is begotten of him.

1 John 3:6

Whosoever abideth in him sinneth not: whosoever sinneth hath not seen him, neither knoweth him.

1 John 4:7

Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is begotten of God, and knoweth God.

1 John 5:1

Whosoever believeth that Jesus is the Christ is begotten of God: and whosoever loveth him that begat loveth him also that is begotten of him.

1 John 5:18

We know that whosoever is begotten of God sinneth not; but he that was begotten of God keepeth him, and the evil one toucheth him not.

1 John 5:4

For whatsoever is begotten of God overcometh the world: and this is the victory that hath overcome the world, even our faith.

3 John 1:11

Beloved, imitate not that which is evil, but that which is good. He that doeth good is of God: he that doeth evil hath not seen God.