1 John 5:18

New Century Version

We know that those who are God’s children do not continue to sin. The Son of God keeps them safe, and the Evil One cannot touch them.

Cross References

Psalm 119:101

I have avoided every evil way so I could obey your word.

Psalm 119:3

They don’t do what is wrong; they follow his ways.

Psalm 17:4

I have obeyed your commands, so I have not done what evil people do.

Psalm 18:23

I am innocent before him; I have kept myself from doing evil.

Psalm 39:1

I said, “I will be careful how I act and will not sin by what I say. I will be careful what I say around wicked people.”

Proverbs 4:23

Be careful what you think, because your thoughts run your life.

Leviticus 11:37

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

Matthew 5:37

Say only yes if you mean yes, and no if you mean no. If you say more than yes or no, it is from the Evil One.

Matthew 6:13

And do not cause us to be tempted, but save us from the Evil One.’ [The kingdom, the power, and the glory are yours forever. Amen.]

John 1:13

They did not become his children in any human way—by any human parents or human desire. They were born of God.

John 14:30

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

John 15:4

Remain in me, and I will remain in you. A branch cannot produce fruit alone but must remain in the vine. In the same way, you cannot produce fruit alone but must remain in me.

John 15:7

If you remain in me and follow my teachings, you can ask anything you want, and it will be given to you.

John 15:9

I loved you as the Father loved me. Now remain in my love.

Acts 11:23

Barnabas was a good man, full of the Holy Spirit and full of faith. When he reached Antioch and saw how God had blessed the people, he was glad. He encouraged all the believers in Antioch always to obey the Lord with all their hearts, and many people became followers of the Lord.

James 1:18

God decided to give us life through the word of truth so we might be the most important of all the things he made.

James 1:27

Religion that God accepts as pure and without fault is this: caring for orphans or widows who need help, and keeping yourself free from the world’s evil influence.

1 Peter 1:23

You have been born again, and this new life did not come from something that dies, but from something that cannot die. You were born again through God’s living message that continues forever.

1 John 2:29

Since you know that Christ is righteous, you know that all who do right are God’s children.

1 John 3:12

Do not be like Cain who belonged to the Evil One and killed his brother. And why did he kill him? Because the things Cain did were evil, and the things his brother did were good.

1 John 3:3

Christ is pure, and all who have this hope in Christ keep themselves pure like Christ.

1 John 3:9

Those who are God’s children do not continue sinning, because the new life from God remains in them. They are not able to go on sinning, because they have become children of God.

1 John 4:6

But we belong to God, and those who know God listen to us. But those who are not from God do not listen to us. That is how we know the Spirit that is true and the spirit that is false.

1 John 5:1

Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ is God’s child, and whoever loves the Father also loves the Father’s children.

1 John 5:15

If we know he hears us every time we ask him, we know we have what we ask from him.

1 John 5:19

We know that we belong to God, but the Evil One controls the whole world.

1 John 5:20

We also know that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding so that we can know the True One. And our lives are in the True One and in his Son, Jesus Christ. He is the true God and the eternal life.

1 John 5:21

So, dear children, keep yourselves away from false gods.

1 John 5:4

because everyone who is a child of God conquers the world. And this is the victory that conquers the world—our faith.

Jude 1:21

Keep yourselves in God’s love as you wait for the Lord Jesus Christ with his mercy to give you life forever.

Jude 1:24

God is strong and can help you not to fall. He can bring you before his glory without any wrong in you and can give you great joy.

Revelation 2:13

I know where you live. It is where Satan has his throne. But you are true to me. You did not refuse to tell about your faith in me even during the time of Antipas, my faithful witness who was killed in your city, where Satan lives.