1 John 3:9

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

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

Cross References

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.

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.

Matthew 7:18

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

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.

John 3:3

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

Acts 4:20

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

Romans 6:2

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

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.

Titus 1:2

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

1 Peter 1:23

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

1 John 2:29

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

1 John 3:6

and people who stay united 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.

1 John 4:7

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

1 John 5:1

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

1 John 5:18

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

1 John 5:4

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

3 John 1:11

Dear friend, don't copy the evil deeds of others! 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.