1 John 3:9

New English Translation

Everyone who has been fathered by God does not practice sin, because God’s seed resides in him, and thus he is not able to sin, because he has been fathered by God.

Cross References

Job 19:28

If you say, ‘How we will pursue him, since the root of the trouble is found in him!’

Psalm 119:3

who, moreover, do no wrong, but follow in his footsteps.

Leviticus 11:37

Now, if such a carcass falls on any sowing seed which is to be sown, it is clean,

Matthew 7:18

A good tree is not able to bear bad fruit, nor a bad tree to bear good fruit.

John 1:13

– children not born by human parents or by human desire or a husband’s decision, but by God.

John 3:3

Jesus replied, “I tell you the solemn truth, unless a person is born from above, he cannot see the kingdom of God.”

Acts 4:20

for it is impossible for us not to speak about what we have seen and heard.”

Romans 6:2

Absolutely not! How can we who died to sin still live in it?

Galatians 5:17

For the flesh has desires that are opposed to the Spirit, and the Spirit has desires that are opposed to the flesh, for these are in opposition to each other, so that you cannot do what you want.

Titus 1:2

in hope of eternal life, which God, who does not lie, promised before the ages began.

1 Peter 1:23

You have been born anew, not from perishable but from imperishable seed, through the living and enduring word of God.

1 John 2:29

If you know that he is righteous, you also know that everyone who practices righteousness has been fathered by him.

1 John 3:6

Everyone who resides in him does not sin; everyone who sins has neither seen him nor known him.

1 John 4:7

Dear friends, let us love one another, because love is from God, and everyone who loves has been fathered by God and knows God.

1 John 5:1

Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ has been fathered by God, and everyone who loves the father loves the child fathered by him.

1 John 5:18

We know that everyone fathered by God does not sin, but God protects the one he has fathered, and the evil one cannot touch him.

1 John 5:4

because everyone who has been fathered by God conquers the world. This is the conquering power that has conquered the world: our faith.

3 John 1:11

Dear friend, do not imitate what is bad but what is good. The one who does good is of God; the one who does what is bad has not seen God.