1 John 5:18

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

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.

Cross References

Psalm 119:101

I hold back my feet from every evil way, in order to keep your word.

Psalm 119:3

who also do no wrong but walk in his ways.

Psalm 17:4

As for what others do, by the word of your lips I have avoided the ways of the violent.

Psalm 18:23

I was blameless before him, and I kept myself from guilt.

Psalm 39:1

I said, “I will guard my ways that I may not sin with my tongue; I will keep a muzzle on my mouth as long as the wicked are in my presence.”

Proverbs 4:23

Keep your heart with all vigilance, for from it flow the springs of life.

Leviticus 11:37

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

Matthew 5:37

Let your word be ‘Yes, Yes’ or ‘No, No’; anything more than this comes from the evil one.

Matthew 6:13

And do not bring us to the time of trial, but rescue us from the evil one.

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 14:30

I will no longer talk much with you, for the ruler of this world is coming. He has no power over me,

John 15:4

Abide in me as I abide in you. Just as the branch cannot bear fruit by itself unless it abides in the vine, neither can you unless you abide in me.

John 15:7

If you abide in me and my words abide in you, ask for whatever you wish, and it will be done for you.

John 15:9

As the Father has loved me, so I have loved you; abide in my love.

Acts 11:23

When he came and saw the grace of God, he rejoiced, and he exhorted them all to remain faithful to the Lord with steadfast devotion,

James 1:18

In fulfillment of his own purpose he gave birth to us by the word of truth, so that we would become a kind of first fruits of his creatures.

James 1:27

Religion that is pure and undefiled before God the Father is this: to care for orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself unstained by the world.

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 3:12

We must not be like Cain, who was from the evil one and murdered his brother. And why did he murder him? Because his own deeds were evil and his brother’s righteous.

1 John 3:3

And all who have this hope in him purify themselves, just as he is pure.

1 John 3:9

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.

1 John 4:6

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

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 5:15

And if we know that he hears us in whatever we ask, we know that we have obtained the requests made of him.

1 John 5:19

We know that we are God’s children and that the whole world lies under the power of the evil one.

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, in his Son Jesus Christ. He is the true God and eternal life.

1 John 5:21

Little children, keep yourselves from idols.

1 John 5:4

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

Jude 1:21

keep yourselves in the love of God; look forward to the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ that leads to eternal life.

Jude 1:24

Now to him who is able to keep you from falling and to make you stand without blemish in the presence of his glory with rejoicing,

Revelation 2:13

“I know where you are living, where Satan’s throne is. Yet you are holding fast to my name, and you did not deny your faith in me even in the days of Antipas my witness, my faithful one, who was killed among you, where Satan lives.