1 John 3:9

Modern English Version

Whoever has been born of God does not practice sin, for His seed remains in him. And he cannot keep on sinning, because he has been born of God.

Cross References

Job 19:28

“If you should say, ‘How shall we persecute him?’ since the root of the matter is found in me,

Psalm 119:3

They also do no injustice; they walk in His ways.

Leviticus 11:37

If any part of their carcass falls on any grain seed that is to be sown, it shall be clean.

Matthew 7:18

A good tree cannot bear evil fruit, nor can a corrupt tree bear good fruit.

John 1:13

who were born not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.

John 3:3

Jesus answered him, “Truly, truly I say to you, unless a man is born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.”

Acts 4:20

For we cannot help but declare what we have seen and heard.”

Romans 6:2

God forbid! How shall we who died to sin live any longer in it?

Galatians 5:17

For the flesh lusts against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh. These are in opposition to one another, so that you may not do the things that you please.

Titus 1:2

in hope of eternal life which God, who cannot lie, promised before the world began,

1 Peter 1:23

for you have been born again, not from perishable seed, but imperishable, through the word of God which lives and abides forever.

1 John 2:29

If you know that He is righteous, you know that everyone who does righteousness is born of Him.

1 John 3:6

Whoever remains in Him does not sin. Whoever sins has not seen Him and does not know Him.

1 John 4:7

Beloved, let us love one another, for love is of God, and everyone who loves is born of God and knows God.

1 John 5:1

Whoever believes that Jesus is the Christ is born of God, and everyone who loves the Father loves the one born of the Father.

1 John 5:18

We know that whoever is born of God does not keep on sinning. But whoever has been born of God guards himself, and the wicked one cannot touch him.

1 John 5:4

for whoever is born of God overcomes the world, and the victory that overcomes the world is our faith.

3 John 1:11

Beloved, do not imitate that which is evil, but that which is good. Whoever does good is from God, but whoever does evil has not seen God.