1 John 3:9 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

⁹ No one born of God commits sin; for God's nature abides in him, and he cannot sin because he is born of God.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁹ 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

⁹ 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)

⁹ 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

⁹ 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

⁹ 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

⁹ 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 you say, ‘How we will pursue him!’ and, ‘The root of the matter is found in him’;

Psalm 119:3

who also do no wrong, but walk in his ways!

Leviticus 11:37

And if any part of their carcass falls upon any seed for sowing that is to be sown, it is clean;

Matthew 7:18

A sound tree cannot bear evil fruit, nor can a bad tree bear good fruit.

John 1:13

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

John 3:3

Jesus answered him, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born anew, he cannot see the kingdom of God.”

Acts 4:20

for we cannot but speak of what we have seen and heard.”

Romans 6:2

By no means! How can we who died to sin still live in it?

Galatians 5:17

For the desires of the flesh are against the Spirit, and the desires of the Spirit are against the flesh; for these are opposed to each other, to prevent you from doing what you would.

Titus 1:2

in hope of eternal life which God, who never lies, promised ages ago

1 Peter 1:23

You have been born anew, not of perishable seed but of imperishable, through the living and abiding word of God;

1 John 2:29

If you know that he is righteous, you may be sure that every one who does right is born of him.

1 John 3:6

No one who abides in him sins; no one who sins has either seen him or known him.

1 John 4:7

Beloved, let us love one another; for love is of God, and he who loves is born of God and knows God.

1 John 5:1

Every one who believes that Jesus is the Christ is a child of God, and every one who loves the parent loves the child.

1 John 5:18

We know that any one born of God does not sin, but He who was born of God keeps him, and the evil one does not touch him.

1 John 5:4

For whatever is born of God overcomes the world; and this is the victory that overcomes the world, our faith.

3 John 1:11

Beloved, do not imitate evil but imitate good. He who does good is of God; he who does evil has not seen God.