1 John 5:18

WEB

¹⁸We know that whoever is born of God doesn’t sin, but he who was born of God keeps himself, and the evil one doesn’t touch him.

KJV

¹⁸We know that whosoever is born of God sinneth not; but he that is begotten of God keepeth himself, and that wicked one toucheth him not.

BSB

¹⁸We know that anyone born of God does not keep on sinning; the One who was born of God protects him,^[+] and the evil one ^[+] cannot touch him.

FBV

¹⁸We recognize that those who are born of God don't keep on sinning. The Son of God^[+] protects them and the devil cannot harm them.

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Extra References

1 John 3:9

⁹Whoever is born of God doesn’t commit sin, because his seed remains in him, and he can’t sin, because he is born of God.

1 John 5:4

⁴For whatever is born of God overcomes the world. This is the victory that has overcome the world: your faith.

1 John 5:1

¹Whoever believes that Jesus is the Christ has been born of God. Whoever loves the Father also loves the child who is born of him.

Jude 1:24

²⁴Now to him who is able to keep them^[+] from stumbling, and to present you faultless before the presence of his glory in great joy,

Jude 1:21

²¹Keep yourselves in God’s love, looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ to eternal life.

1 John 3:3

³Everyone who has this hope set on him purifies himself, even as he is pure.

James 1:27

²⁷Pure religion and undefiled before our God and Father is this: to visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep oneself unstained by the world.

1 Peter 1:23

²³having been born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, through the word of God, which lives and remains forever.

1 John 2:29

²⁹If you know that he is righteous, you know that everyone who practices righteousness has been born of him.

Psalms 119:101

¹⁰¹I have kept my feet from every evil way, that I might observe your word.