1 John 5:18

Those born of God do not continue in sin, for the Son keeps them and the evil one cannot harm them. New birth brings protection and a changed life.

Cross-references · 28

• 1 Jn 3:9Whosoever is born of God doth not commit sin; for his seed remaineth in him: and he cannot sin, because he is born of God.
• 1 Jn 5:4For whatsoever is born of God overcometh the world: and this is the victory that overcometh the world, even our faith.
• Jude 1:21Keep yourselves in the love of God, looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life.
• Jude 1:24Now unto him that is able to keep you from falling, and to present you faultless before the presence of his glory with exceeding joy,
• 1 Jn 5:1Whosoever believeth that Jesus is the Christ is born of God: and every one that loveth him that begat loveth him also that is begotten of him.
• 1 Pet 1:23Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which liveth and abideth for ever.
• 1 Jn 3:3And every man that hath this hope in him purifieth himself, even as he is pure.
• Jas 1:27Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world.
• 1 Jn 2:29If ye know that he is righteous, ye know that every one that doeth righteousness is born of him.
• Ps 119:101I have refrained my feet from every evil way, that I might keep thy word.
• Rev 3:8–10I know thy works: behold, I have set before thee an open door, and no man can shut it: for thou hast a little strength, and hast kept my word, and hast not denied my name.
• John 15:9As the Father hath loved me, so have I loved you: continue ye in my love.
• John 3:2–5The same came to Jesus by night, and said unto him, Rabbi, we know that thou art a teacher come from God: for no man can do these miracles that thou doest, except God be with him.
• Ps 18:23I was also upright before him, and I kept myself from mine iniquity.
• Ps 17:4Concerning the works of men, by the word of thy lips I have kept me from the paths of the destroyer.
• Prov 4:23Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life.
• 1 Jn 2:13–14I write unto you, fathers, because ye have known him that is from the beginning. I write unto you, young men, because ye have overcome the wicked one. I write unto you, little children, because ye have known the Father.
• John 15:7If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you.
• Ps 39:1I said, I will take heed to my ways, that I sin not with my tongue: I will keep my mouth with a bridle, while the wicked is before me.
• John 1:13Which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.
• 1 Jn 5:21Little children, keep yourselves from idols. Amen.
• 1 Jn 4:6We are of God: he that knoweth God heareth us; he that is not of God heareth not us. Hereby know we the spirit of truth, and the spirit of error.
• Acts 11:23Who, when he came, and had seen the grace of God, was glad, and exhorted them all, that with purpose of heart they would cleave unto the Lord.
• Rev 2:13I know thy works, and where thou dwellest, even where Satan’s seat is: and thou holdest fast my name, and hast not denied my faith, even in those days wherein Antipas was my faithful martyr, who was slain among you, where Satan dwelleth.
• John 14:30Hereafter I will not talk much with you: for the prince of this world cometh, and hath nothing in me.
• 1 Jn 3:12Not as Cain, who was of that wicked one, and slew his brother. And wherefore slew he him? Because his own works were evil, and his brother’s righteous.
• John 15:4Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine; no more can ye, except ye abide in me.
• Jas 1:18Of his own will begat he us with the word of truth, that we should be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures.

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