1 John 3:9

Anyone born of God refuses to practice sin, because God’s seed abides in him; he cannot go on sinning, because he has been born of God.

Cross References (14)

  • 1 John 5:18 (44)

    We know that anyone born of God does not keep on sinning; the One who was born of God protects him, and the evil one can

  • 1 Peter 1:23 (32)

    For you have been born again, not of perishable seed, but of imperishable, through the living and enduring word of God.

  • 1 John 5:1 (23)

    Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ has been born of God, and everyone who loves the Father also loves those

  • John 1:13 (23)

    children born not of blood, nor of the desire or will of man, but born of God.

  • 1 John 2:29 (22)

    If you know that He is righteous, you also know that everyone who practices righteousness has been born of Him.

  • Matthew 7:18 (18)

    A good tree cannot bear bad fruit, and a bad tree cannot bear good fruit.

  • John 3:3 (17)

    Jesus replied, “Truly, truly, I tell you, no one can see the kingdom of God unless he is born again.”

  • 1 John 5:4 (16)

    because everyone born of God overcomes the world. And this is the victory that has overcome the world: our faith.

  • Galatians 5:17 (16)

    For the flesh craves what is contrary to the Spirit, and the Spirit what is contrary to the flesh. They are opposed to e

  • 1 John 4:7 (15)

    Beloved, let us love one another, because love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God.

  • Romans 6:2 (15)

    Certainly not! How can we who died to sin live in it any longer?

  • Acts 4:20 (9)

    For we cannot stop speaking about what we have seen and heard.”

  • Titus 1:2 (7)

    in the hope of eternal life, which God, who cannot lie, promised before time began.

  • Job 19:28 (5)

    If you say, ‘Let us persecute him, since the root of the matter lies with him,’