1 John 3:9

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

Those who are God’s children do not continue to sin, because the new life God gave them stays in them. They cannot keep sinning, because they have become children of God.

Cross References

1 John 5:18

We know that those who have been made God’s children do not continue to sin. The Son of God keeps them safe. The Evil One cannot hurt them.

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 life-giving message that lasts forever.

John 1:13

They became God’s children, but not in the way babies are usually born. It was not because of any human desire or plan. They were born from God himself.

1 John 2:29

You know that Christ always did what was right. So you know that all those who do what is right are God’s children.

1 John 5:1

The people who believe that Jesus is the Messiah are God’s children. Anyone who loves the Father also loves the Father’s children.

1 John 5:4

because everyone who is a child of God has the power to win against the world. It is our faith that has won the victory against the world.

John 3:3

Jesus answered, “I assure you, everyone must be born again. Anyone who is not born again cannot be in God’s kingdom.”

Galatians 5:17

The sinful self wants what is against the Spirit, and the Spirit wants what is against the sinful self. They are always fighting against each other, so that you don’t do what you really want to do.

1 John 4:7

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

Matthew 7:18

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

Romans 6:2

Of course not! Our old sinful life ended. It’s dead. So how can we continue living in sin?

Acts 4:20

We cannot be quiet. We must tell people about what we have seen and heard.”

Titus 1:2

This faith and knowledge make us sure that we have eternal life. God promised that life to us before time began—and God does not lie.

Job 19:28

“Maybe you will say, ‘How can we push Job a little harder and make him realize that he is the source of his problems?’

Psalm 119:3

They don’t do wrong. They follow his ways.

1 John 3:6

So whoever lives in Christ does not continue to sin. If they continue to sin, they have never really understood Christ and have never known him.

3 John 1:11

My dear friend, don’t follow what is bad; follow what is good. Whoever does what is good is from God. But whoever does evil has never known God.

Leviticus 11:37

If any part of a dead, unclean animal falls on seed that is to be planted, that seed is still clean.