1 John 3:9

Contemporary English Version 1995

God's children cannot keep on being sinful. His life-giving power lives in them and makes them his children, so they cannot keep on sinning.

Cross References

1 John 5:18

We are sure God's children do not keep on sinning. God's own Son protects them, and the devil cannot harm them.

1 Peter 1:23

Do this because God has given you new birth by his message that lives on forever.

John 1:13

They were not God's children by nature or because of any human desires. God himself was the one who made them his children.

1 John 2:29

You know Christ always does right and everyone who does right is a child of God.

1 John 5:1

If we believe Jesus is truly Christ, we are God's children. Everyone who loves the Father will also love his children.

1 John 5:4

Every child of God can defeat the world, and our faith is what gives us this victory.

John 3:3

Jesus replied, “I tell you for certain that you must be born from above before you can see God's kingdom!”

Galatians 5:17

The Spirit and your desires are enemies of each other. They are always fighting each other and keeping you from doing what you feel you should.

1 John 4:7

My dear friends, we must love each other. Love comes from God, and when we love each other, it shows we have been given new life. We are now God's children, and we know him.

Matthew 7:18

A good tree cannot produce bad fruit, and a bad tree cannot produce good fruit.

Romans 6:2

No, we should not! If we are dead to sin, how can we go on sinning?

Acts 4:20

We cannot keep quiet about what we have seen and heard.”

Titus 1:2

Then they will have the hope of eternal life God promised long ago. And God never tells a lie!

Job 19:28

My friends, you think up ways to blame and torment me, saying I brought it on myself.

Psalm 119:3

and who never do wrong or turn from you.

1 John 3:6

and people who stay one in their hearts with him won't keep on sinning. If they do keep on sinning, they don't know Christ, and they have never seen him.

3 John 1:11

Dear friend, don't imitate the evil deeds of others, but follow the example of people who do kind deeds. They are God's children, but those who are always doing evil have never seen God.

Leviticus 11:37

If the dead body of one of these animals is found lying on seeds that have been set aside for planting, the seeds remain clean.