1 John 5:18

Modern English Version

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.

Cross References

Psalm 119:101

I have restrained my feet from every evil way, that I may keep Your word.

Psalm 119:3

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

Psalm 17:4

Concerning the works of men, by the word of Your lips I have avoided the paths of the violent.

Psalm 18:23

I was also upright before Him, and I kept myself from my iniquity.

Psalm 39:1

I said, “I will guard my ways, lest I sin with my tongue; I will keep a muzzle on my mouth while the wicked are before me.”

Proverbs 4:23

Keep your heart with all diligence, for out of it flow the springs of life.

Leviticus 11:37

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

Matthew 5:37

But let your ‘Yes’ mean ‘Yes,’ and ‘No’ mean ‘No.’ For whatever is more than these comes from the evil one.

Matthew 6:13

And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one. For Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen.

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 14:30

After this I will not speak much with you, for the ruler of this world is coming. He has no power over Me.

John 15:4

Remain in Me, as I also remain in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit by itself, unless it remains in the vine, neither can you, unless you remain in Me.

John 15:7

If you remain in Me, and My words remain in you, you will ask whatever you desire, and it shall be done for you.

John 15:9

“As the Father loved Me, I also loved you. Remain in My love.

Acts 11:23

When he arrived and saw the grace of God, he rejoiced and exhorted them all to remain with the Lord with a loyal heart.

James 1:18

Of His own will He brought us forth with the word of truth, that we should be a kind of firstfruits of His creatures.

James 1:27

Religion that is pure and undefiled before God, the Father, is this: to visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction and to keep oneself unstained by the world.

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 3:12

not like Cain, who was of the wicked one and murdered his brother. And why did he murder him? Because his own works were evil, and his brother’s works were righteous.

1 John 3:3

Everyone who has this hope in Him purifies himself, just as He is pure.

1 John 3:9

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.

1 John 4:6

We are of God, and whoever knows God listens to us. Whoever is not of God does not listen to us. This is how we know the spirit of truth and the spirit of error.

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 5:15

So if we know that He hears whatever we ask, we know that we have whatever we asked of Him.

1 John 5:19

We know that we are of God, and the whole world lies in wickedness.

1 John 5:20

And we know that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding, so that we may know Him who is true, and we are in Him who is true —His Son Jesus Christ. He is the true God and eternal life.

1 John 5:21

Little children, keep yourselves from idols. Amen.

1 John 5:4

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

Jude 1:21

Keep yourselves in the love of God while you are waiting for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ, which leads to eternal life.

Jude 1:24

Now to Him who is able to keep you from falling and to present you blameless before the presence of His glory with rejoicing,

Revelation 2:13

I know your works and where you live, where Satan’s throne is. Yet you hold firmly to My name, and did not deny My faith even in the days of Antipas, My faithful martyr, who was killed among you, where Satan dwells.