1 John 3:9

God's Word

Those who have been born from God don’t live sinful lives. What God has said lives in them, and they can’t live sinful lives. They have been born from God.

Cross References

Job 19:28

“You say, ‘We will persecute him! The root of the problem is found in him.’

Psalm 119:3

They do nothing wrong. They follow his directions.

Leviticus 11:37

If their dead bodies fall on seed that is to be planted, the seed is clean.

Matthew 7:18

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

John 1:13

These people didn’t become God’s children in a physical way—from a human impulse or from a husband’s desire ⌞to have a child⌟. They were born from God.

John 3:3

Jesus replied to Nicodemus, “I can guarantee this truth: No one can see God’s kingdom without being born from above.”

Acts 4:20

We cannot stop talking about what we’ve seen and heard.”

Romans 6:2

That’s unthinkable! As far as sin is concerned, we have died. So how can we still live under sin’s influence?

Galatians 5:17

What your corrupt nature wants is contrary to what your spiritual nature wants, and what your spiritual nature wants is contrary to what your corrupt nature wants. They are opposed to each other. As a result, you don’t always do what you intend to do.

Titus 1:2

My message is based on the confidence of eternal life. God, who never lies, promised this eternal life before the world began.

1 Peter 1:23

You have been born again, not from a seed that can be destroyed, but through God’s everlasting word that can’t be destroyed. That’s why ⌞Scripture says⌟,

1 John 2:29

If you know that Christ has God’s approval, you also know that everyone who does what God approves of has been born from God.

1 John 3:6

Those who live in Christ don’t go on sinning. Those who go on sinning haven’t seen or known Christ.

1 John 4:7

Dear friends, we must love each other because love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born from God and knows God.

1 John 5:1

Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Messiah has been born from God. Everyone who loves the Father also loves his children.

1 John 5:18

We know that those who have been born from God don’t go on sinning. Rather, the Son of God protects them, and the evil one can’t harm them.

1 John 5:4

because everyone who has been born from God has won the victory over the world. Our faith is what wins the victory over the world.

3 John 1:11

Dear friend, never imitate evil, but imitate good. The person who does good is from God. The person who does evil has never seen God.