1 John 3:9

New International Reader's Version

Those who are God’s children will not keep on sinning. God’s very nature remains in them. They can’t go on sinning. That’s because they are God’s children.

Cross References

Job 19:28

“You might say, ‘Let’s keep bothering Job. After all, he’s the cause of all his suffering.’

Psalm 119:3

They don’t do anything wrong. They live as he wants them to live.

Leviticus 11:37

If the dead body falls on any seeds that have not been planted yet, the seeds remain “clean.”

Matthew 7:18

A good tree can’t bear bad fruit. And a bad tree can’t bear good fruit.

John 1:13

To be a child of God has nothing to do with human parents. Children of God are not born because of human choice or because a husband wants them to be born. They are born because of what God does.

John 3:3

Jesus replied, “What I’m about to tell you is true. No one can see God’s kingdom unless they are born again.”

Acts 4:20

There’s nothing else we can do. We have to speak about the things we’ve seen and heard.”

Romans 6:2

Not at all! As far as sin is concerned, we are dead. So how can we keep on sinning?

Galatians 5:17

The desires controlled by sin do not want what the Spirit delights in. And the Spirit does not want what the desires controlled by sin delight in. The two are at war with each other. That’s why you are not supposed to do whatever you want.

Titus 1:2

That belief and understanding lead to the hope of eternal life. Before time began, God promised to give that life. And he does not lie.

1 Peter 1:23

You have been born again by means of the living word of God. His word lasts forever. You were not born again from a seed that will die. You were born from a seed that can’t die.

1 John 2:29

You know that God is right and always does what is right. And you know that everyone who does what is right is God’s child.

1 John 3:6

No one who remains joined to him keeps on sinning. No one who keeps on sinning has seen him or known him.

1 John 4:7

Dear friends, let us love one another, because love comes from God. Everyone who loves has become a child of God and knows God.

1 John 5:1

Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ is a child of God. And everyone who loves the Father loves his children as well.

1 John 5:18

We know that those who are children of God do not keep on sinning. The Son of God keeps them safe. The evil one can’t harm them.

1 John 5:4

That’s because everyone who is a child of God has won the battle over the world. Our faith has won the battle for us.

3 John 1:11

Dear friend, don’t be like those who do evil. Be like those who do good. Anyone who does what is good belongs to God. Anyone who does what is evil hasn’t really seen or known God.