1 John 3:9

Easy To Read Version

When God makes a person his child, that person does not continue to sin. Why? Because the new life God gave that person {\cf2\super [9]} stays in him. So that person is not able to continue sinning. Why? Because he has become a child of God.

Cross References

Job 19:28

“Maybe you will say,\par ‘We will bother Job.\par We will find a reason to blame him!’\par

Psalm 119:3

Those people don’t do bad things.\par They obey the Lord.\par

Leviticus 11:37

If any part of those dead unclean [142] animals falls on any seed that is to be planted, then that seed is {still} clean.

Matthew 7:18

A good tree cannot make bad fruit. And a bad tree cannot make good fruit.

John 1:13

These children were not born like little babies are born. They were not born from the wish or plan of a \{mother and\} father. These children were born from God.

John 3:3

Jesus answered, “I tell you the truth. A person must be born again. If a person is not born again, then that person cannot be in God’s kingdom.”

Acts 4:20

We cannot be quiet. We must tell people about the things we saw and heard.”

Romans 6:2

No! We died to (quit living) our old sinful lives. So how can we continue living with sin?

Galatians 5:17

Our sinful selves want things that are against the Spirit. The Spirit wants things that are against our sinful selves. These two different things are against each other. So you don’t do the things you really want to do.

Titus 1:2

That faith and that knowledge come from our hope for life forever. God promised that life to us before time began—and God does not lie.

1 Peter 1:23

You have been born again. This new life did not come from something that dies. It came from something that cannot die. You were born again through God’s living message {\cf2\super [11]} that continues forever.

1 John 2:29

You know that Christ is righteous (good). So you know that all people who do what is right (good) are God’s children.

1 John 3:6

So the person who lives in Christ does not continue to sin. If a person continues to sin, he has never really understood Christ and has never known Christ.

1 John 4:7

Dear friends, we should love each other, because love comes from God. The person who loves has become God’s child. And so the person who loves knows God.

1 John 5:1

Greetings from Jude, a servant of Jesus Christ and a brother of James.

1 John 5:18

We know that any person who has been made God’s child does not continue to sin. The Son of God keeps God’s child safe. {\cf2\super [22]} The Evil One (the devil) cannot hurt that person.

1 John 5:4

I was very happy to learn about some of your children. I am happy that they are following the way of truth, like the Father (God) commanded us.