1 John 3:9

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

Those who have been born of God do not sin because God’s seed abides in them; they cannot sin because they have been born of God.

Cross References

Job 19:28

If you say, ‘How we will persecute him!’ and, ‘The root of the matter is found in him,’

Psalm 119:3

who also do no wrong but walk in his ways.

Leviticus 11:37

If any part of their carcass falls upon any seed set aside for sowing, it is clean,

Matthew 7:18

A good tree cannot bear bad fruit, nor can a bad tree bear good fruit.

John 1:13

who were born, not of blood or of the will of the flesh or of the will of man, but of God.

John 3:3

Jesus answered him, “Very truly, I tell you, no one can see the kingdom of God without being born from above.”

Acts 4:20

for we cannot keep from speaking about what we have seen and heard.”

Romans 6:2

By no means! How can we who died to sin go on living in it?

Galatians 5:17

For what the flesh desires is opposed to the Spirit, and what the Spirit desires is opposed to the flesh, for these are opposed to each other, to prevent you from doing what you want.

Titus 1:2

in the hope of eternal life that God, who never lies, promised before the ages began—

1 Peter 1:23

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

1 John 2:29

If you perceive that he is righteous, you also know that everyone who does right has been born of him.

1 John 3:6

No one who abides in him sins; no one who sins has either seen him or known him.

1 John 4:7

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

1 John 5:1

Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ has been born of God, and everyone who loves the parent loves the child.

1 John 5:18

We know that those who are born of God do not sin, but the one who was born of God protects them, and the evil one does not touch them.

1 John 5:4

for whatever is born of God conquers the world. And this is the victory that conquers the world, our faith.

3 John 1:11

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