1 John 5:18

Good News Translation

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.

Cross References

Psalm 119:101

I have avoided all evil conduct, because I want to obey your word.

Psalm 119:3

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

Psalm 17:4

as others do; I have obeyed your command and have not followed paths of violence.

Psalm 18:23

He knows that I am faultless, that I have kept myself from doing wrong.

Psalm 39:1

I said, “I will be careful about what I do and will not let my tongue make me sin; I will not say anything while evil people are near.”

Proverbs 4:23

Be careful how you think; your life is shaped by your thoughts.

Leviticus 11:37

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

Matthew 5:37

Just say ‘Yes’ or ‘No’—anything else you say comes from the Evil One.

Matthew 6:13

Do not bring us to hard testing, but keep us safe from the Evil One.’

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 14:30

I cannot talk with you much longer, because the ruler of this world is coming. He has no power over me,

John 15:4

Remain united to me, and I will remain united to you. A branch cannot bear fruit by itself; it can do so only if it remains in the vine. In the same way you cannot bear fruit unless you remain in me.

John 15:7

If you remain in me and my words remain in you, then you will ask for anything you wish, and you shall have it.

John 15:9

I love you just as the Father loves me; remain in my love.

Acts 11:23

When he arrived and saw how God had blessed the people, he was glad and urged them all to be faithful and true to the Lord with all their hearts.

James 1:18

By his own will he brought us into being through the word of truth, so that we should have first place among all his creatures.

James 1:27

What God the Father considers to be pure and genuine religion is this: to take care of orphans and widows in their suffering and to keep oneself from being corrupted by the world.

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 3:12

We must not be like Cain; he belonged to the Evil One and murdered his own brother Abel. Why did Cain murder him? Because the things he himself did were wrong, and the things his brother did were right.

1 John 3:3

Everyone who has this hope in Christ keeps himself pure, just as Christ is pure.

1 John 3:9

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.

1 John 4:6

But we belong to God. Whoever knows God listens to us; whoever does not belong to God does not listen to us. This, then, is how we can tell the difference between the Spirit of truth and the spirit of error.

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 5:15

He hears us whenever we ask him; and since we know this is true, we know also that he gives us what we ask from him.

1 John 5:19

We know that we belong to God even though the whole world is under the rule of the Evil One.

1 John 5:20

We know that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding, so that we know the true God. We live in union with the true God—in union with his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God, and this is eternal life.

1 John 5:21

My children, keep yourselves safe from false gods!

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.

Jude 1:21

and keep yourselves in the love of God, as you wait for our Lord Jesus Christ in his mercy to give you eternal life.

Jude 1:24

To him who is able to keep you from falling and to bring you faultless and joyful before his glorious presence—

Revelation 2:13

I know where you live, there where Satan has his throne. You are true to me, and you did not abandon your faith in me even during the time when Antipas, my faithful witness, was killed there where Satan lives.