1 John 3:9

Good News Translation

Those who are children of God do not continue to sin, for God's very nature is in them; and because God is their Father, they cannot continue to sin.

Cross References

Job 19:28

“How can we torment him?” You looked for some excuse to attack me.

Psalm 119:3

They never do wrong; they walk in the Lord's ways.

Leviticus 11:37

If one of them falls on seed that is going to be planted, the seed remains clean.

Matthew 7:18

A healthy tree cannot bear bad fruit, and a poor tree cannot bear good fruit.

John 1:13

They did not become God's children by natural means, that is, by being born as the children of a human father; God himself was their Father.

John 3:3

Jesus answered, “I am telling you the truth: no one can see the Kingdom of God without being born again.”

Acts 4:20

For we cannot stop speaking of what we ourselves have seen and heard.”

Romans 6:2

Certainly not! We have died to sin—how then can we go on living in it?

Galatians 5:17

For what our human nature wants is opposed to what the Spirit wants, and what the Spirit wants is opposed to what our human nature wants. These two are enemies, and this means that you cannot do what you want to do.

Titus 1:2

which is based on the hope for eternal life. God, who does not lie, promised us this life before the beginning of time,

1 Peter 1:23

For through the living and eternal word of God you have been born again as the children of a parent who is immortal, not mortal.

1 John 2:29

You know that Christ is righteous; you should know, then, that everyone who does what is right is God's child.

1 John 3:6

So everyone who lives in union with Christ does not continue to sin; but whoever continues to sin has never seen him or known him.

1 John 4:7

Dear friends, let us love one another, because love comes from God. Whoever loves is a child of God and knows God.

1 John 5:1

Whoever believes that Jesus is the Messiah is a child of God; and whoever loves a father loves his child also.

1 John 5:18

We know that no children of God keep on sinning, for the Son of God keeps them safe, and the Evil One cannot harm them.

1 John 5:4

because every child of God is able to defeat the world. And we win the victory over the world by means of our faith.

3 John 1:11

My dear friend, do not imitate what is bad, but imitate what is good. Whoever does good belongs to God; whoever does what is bad has not seen God.