1 John 5:18 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

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.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁸ We know that whosoever is born of God sinneth not; but he that is begotten of God keepeth himself, and that wicked one toucheth him not.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁸ We know [absolutely] that anyone born of God does not [deliberately and knowingly] practice committing sin, but the One Who was begotten of God carefully watches over and protects him [Christ's divine presence within him preserves him against the evil], and the wicked one does not lay hold (get a grip) on him or touch [him].

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁸ We know that whosoever is begotten of God sinneth not; but he that was begotten of God keepeth himself, and the evil one toucheth him not.

Common English Bible

¹⁸ We know that everyone born from God does not sin, but the ones born from God guard themselves, and the evil one cannot touch them.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁸ We know that everyone who is born of God does not sin. Instead, rebirth in God preserves him, and the evil one cannot touch him.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁸ We know that whosoever is born of God, sinneth not: but the generation of God preserveth him, and the wicked one toucheth him not.

1 John 5:18 Cross References

Psalm 119:101

I hold back my feet from every evil way, in order to keep thy word.

Psalm 119:3

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

Psalm 17:4

With regard to the works of men, by the word of thy lips I have avoided the ways of the violent.

Psalm 18:23

I was blameless before him, and I kept myself from guilt.

Psalm 39:1

I said, “I will guard my ways, that I may not sin with my tongue; I will bridle my mouth, so long as the wicked are in my presence.”

Proverbs 4:23

Keep your heart with all vigilance; for from it flow the springs of life.

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 5:37

Let what you say be simply ‘Yes’ or ‘No’; anything more than this comes from evil.

Matthew 6:13

And lead us not into temptation, But deliver us from evil.

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 14:30

I will no longer talk much with you, for the ruler of this world is coming. He has no power over me;

John 15:4

Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit by itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide in me.

John 15:7

If you abide in me, and my words abide in you, ask whatever you will, and it shall be done for you.

John 15:9

As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you; abide in my love.

Acts 11:23

When he came and saw the grace of God, he was glad; and he exhorted them all to remain faithful to the Lord with steadfast purpose;

James 1:18

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.

James 1:27

Religion that is pure and undefiled before God and the Father is this: to visit orphans and widows in their affliction, and to keep oneself unstained from the world.

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 3:12

and not be like Cain who was of the evil one and murdered his brother. And why did he murder him? Because his own deeds were evil and his brother's righteous.

1 John 3:3

And every one who thus hopes in him purifies himself as he is pure.

1 John 3:9

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

1 John 4:6

We are of God. Whoever knows God listens to us, and he who is not of God does not listen to us. By this we know the spirit of truth and the spirit of error.

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 5:15

And if we know that he hears us in whatever we ask, we know that we have obtained the requests made of him.

1 John 5:19

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

1 John 5:20

And we know that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding, to know him who is true; and we are in him who is true, in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God and eternal life.

1 John 5:21

Little children, keep yourselves from idols.

1 John 5:4

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

Jude 1:21

keep yourselves in the love of God; wait for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life.

Jude 1:24

Now to him who is able to keep you from falling and to present you without blemish before the presence of his glory with rejoicing,

Revelation 2:13

“ ‘I know where you dwell, where Satan's throne is; you hold fast my name and you did not deny my faith even in the days of Antipas my witness, my faithful one, who was killed among you, where Satan dwells.