1 John 3:9 - The Scriptures 1998

⁹ Everyone having been born of Elohim does not sin, because His seed stays in him, and he is powerless to sin, because he has been born of Elohim.

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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.

1 John 3:9 Cross References

Job 19:28

If you say, ‘Why do we persecute him?’ Seeing the root of the matter has been found in me,

Psalm 119:3

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

Leviticus 11:37

‘And when any of their carcass falls on any planting seed which is to be sown, it is clean.

Matthew 7:18

“A good tree is unable to yield wicked fruit, and a rotten tree to yield good fruit.

John 1:13

who were born, not of blood nor of the desire of flesh nor of the desire of man, but of Elohim.

John 3:3

יהושע  answered and said to him, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born from above, he is unable to see the reign of Elohim.”

Acts 4:20

“For it is impossible for us not to speak of what we saw and heard.”

Romans 6:2

Let it not be! How shall we who died to sin still live in it?

Galatians 5:17

For the flesh lusts against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh. And these are opposed to each other, so that you do not do what you desire to do.

Titus 1:2

in expectation of everlasting life which Elohim, who does not lie, promised before times of old,

1 Peter 1:23

having been born again – not of corruptible seed, but incorruptible – through the living Word of Elohim, which remains forever,

1 John 2:29

If you know that He is righteous, you know that everyone doing righteousness has been born of Him.

1 John 3:6

Everyone staying in Him does not sin. Everyone sinning has neither seen Him nor known Him.

1 John 4:7

Beloved ones, let us love one another, because love is of Elohim, and everyone who loves has been born of Elohim, and knows Elohim.

1 John 5:1

Everyone who believes that יהושע  is the Messiah has been born of Elohim, and everyone who loves the One bringing forth also loves the one having been born of Him.

1 John 5:18

We know that everyone having been born of Elohim does not sin, but the one having been born of Elohim guards himself, and the wicked one does not touch him.

1 John 5:4

because everyone having been born of Elohim overcomes the world. And this is the overcoming that has overcome the world: our belief.

3 John 1:11

Beloved ones, do not imitate the evil, but the good. The one who is doing good is of Elohim, but he who is doing evil has not seen Elohim.