Parallel Verses
Weymouth New Testament
No one who is a child of God is habitually guilty of sin. A God-given germ of life remains in him, and he cannot habitually sin--because he is a child of God.
New American Standard Bible
No one who is
King James Version
Whosoever is born of God doth not commit sin; for his seed remaineth in him: and he cannot sin, because he is born of God.
Holman Bible
Everyone who has been born of God
International Standard Version
No one who has been born from God practices sin, because God's seed abides in him. Indeed, he cannot go on sinning, because he has been born from God.
A Conservative Version
Every man who has been begotten of God is not doing sin, because his seed abides in him, and he cannot sin, because he has been begotten of God.
American Standard Version
Whosoever is begotten of God doeth no sin, because his seed abideth in him: and he cannot sin, because he is begotten of God.
Amplified
No one who is born of God [deliberately, knowingly, and habitually] practices sin, because
An Understandable Version
No one who has been [spiritually] conceived [and eventually born] by God continues to live a sinful life, because God's seed [i.e., His word, See Luke 8:11] continues to live in his heart, so he cannot [continue a life of] sin, because he has been conceived by God.
Anderson New Testament
Whoever has been begotten of God does not work sin; because his seed remains in him: and he can not sin, because he has been begotten of God.
Bible in Basic English
Anyone who is a child of God does no sin, because he still has God's seed in him; he is not able to be a sinner, because God is his Father.
Common New Testament
No one who is of God practices sin, for God's seed remains in him; and he cannot sin, because he has been born of God.
Daniel Mace New Testament
whosoever is born of God, does not commit sin; for the divine principle remaineth in him: he will not sin, because he is born of God.
Darby Translation
Whoever has been begotten of God does not practise sin, because his seed abides in him, and he cannot sin, because he has been begotten of God.
Emphatic Diaglott Bible
Whoever has been begotten by God, does not work sin; because his seed abides in him; and he can not sin, because he has been begotten by God.
Godbey New Testament
Every one having been born of God does not sin; because his seed remains in him: and he is not able to sin, because he has been born of God.
Goodspeed New Testament
No one who is a child of God commits sin, for God's nature remains in his heart, and he cannot sin, because he is a child of God.
John Wesley New Testament
Whosoever is born of God doth not commit sin; for his seed abideth in him, and he cannot sin, because he is born of God.
Julia Smith Translation
Every one born of God does not sin; for his seed remains in him: and he cannot sin, for he has been born of God.
King James 2000
Whosoever is born of God does not commit sin; for his nature remains in him: and he cannot sin, because he is born of God.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Everyone who is fathered by God does not practice sin, because his seed resides in him, and [he is] not able to sin, because he has been fathered by God.
Modern King James verseion
Everyone who has been born of God does not commit sin, because His seed remains in him, and he cannot sin, because he has been born of God.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
All that are born of God do no sin, for his seed abideth in them, and they cannot sin, because they be born of God.
Moffatt New Testament
Anyone who is born of God does not commit sin, for the offspring of God remain in Him, and they cannot sin, because they are born of God.
Montgomery New Testament
Whoever is a child of God cannot go on sinning, because his seed is abiding in him; and he cannot go on sinning because he is a child of God.
NET Bible
Everyone who has been fathered by God does not practice sin, because God's seed resides in him, and thus he is not able to sin, because he has been fathered by God.
New Heart English Bible
Whoever is born of God does not commit sin, because his seed remains in him; and he cannot sin, because he is born of God.
Noyes New Testament
Whoever hath been born of God doth not commit sin, because his seed abideth in him; and he cannot sin, because he hath been born of God.
Sawyer New Testament
No one that has been born of God commits sin, for his seed continues in him, and he cannot sin, because he has been born of God.
The Emphasized Bible
Whosoever hath been born of God, is not committing, sin, because, a seed of him, within him, abideth; and he cannot be committing sin, because, of God, hath he been born.
Thomas Haweis New Testament
Every one who is born of God, doth not practise sin, because his seed abideth in him: and he cannot sin, because he is born of God.
Twentieth Century New Testament
No one who has received the new Life from God lives sinfully, because the very nature of God dwells within him; and he cannot live in sin, because he has received the new Life from God.
Webster
Whoever is born of God doth not commit sin; for his seed remaineth in him: and he cannot sin, because he is born of God.
Williams New Testament
No one who is born of God makes a practice of sinning, because the God-given life-principle continues to live in him, and so he cannot practice sinning, because he is born of God.
World English Bible
Whoever 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.
Worrell New Testament
Whosoever has been begotten of God sins not; because His seed abides in him, and he cannot sin because he has been begotten of God.
Worsley New Testament
Whosoever is born of God doth not practise sin, because his seed remaineth in him: and he cannot sin, because he is born of God.
Youngs Literal Translation
every one who hath been begotten of God, sin he doth not, because his seed in him doth remain, and he is not able to sin, because of God he hath been begotten.
Themes
Children » The children of the lord
Holy spirit » Regenerating » By the word of God
New » Birth » By the word of God
New Birth » Produces » Hatred of sin
Rebirth/being born again » Those that are born of God
Regeneration » The teaching concerning » By the word of God
Topics
Interlinear
Pas
Ek
ἐκ ἐξ
Ek
Usage: 709
Poieo
Poieo
Hamartia
ἁμαρτάνω
Hamartano
Usage: 35
Devotionals
Devotionals about 1 John 3:9
Devotionals containing 1 John 3:9
References
Fausets
Hastings
Watsons
Word Count of 38 Translations in 1 John 3:9
Images 1 John 3:9
Prayers for 1 John 3:9
Verse Info
Context Readings
Children Of God
8 He who is habitually guilty of sin is a child of the Devil, because the Devil has been a sinner from the very beginning. The Son of God appeared for the purpose of undoing the work of the Devil. 9 No one who is a child of God is habitually guilty of sin. A God-given germ of life remains in him, and he cannot habitually sin--because he is a child of God. 10 By this we can distinguish God's children and the Devil's children: no one who fails to act righteously is a child of God, nor he who does not love his brother man.
Cross References
1 John 5:18
We know that no one who is a child of God lives in sin, but He who is God's Child keeps him, and the Evil one cannot touch him.
John 1:13
who were begotten as such not by human descent, nor through an impulse of their own nature, nor through the will of a human father, but from God.
1 Peter 1:23
For you have been begotten again by God's ever-living and enduring word from a germ not of perishable, but of imperishable life.
1 John 2:29
Since you know that He is righteous, be assured also that the man who habitually acts righteously is a child of His.
1 John 5:1
Every one who believes that Jesus is the Christ is a child of God; and every one who loves the Father loves also Him who is the Father's Child.
1 John 5:4
For every child of God overcomes the world; and the victorious principle which has overcome the world is our faith.
Matthew 7:18
A good tree cannot bear bad fruit, nor a poisonous tree good fruit.
John 3:3
"In most solemn truth I tell you," answered Jesus, "that unless a man is born anew he cannot see the Kingdom of God."
Galatians 5:17
For the cravings of the lower nature are opposed to those of the Spirit, and the cravings of the Spirit are opposed to those of the lower nature; because these are antagonistic to each other, so that you cannot do everything to which you are inclined.
1 John 4:7
Dear friends, let us love one another; for love has its origin in God, and every one who loves has become a child of God and is beginning to know God.
Acts 4:20
As for us, what we have seen and heard we cannot help speaking about."
Romans 6:2
No, indeed; how shall we who have died to sin, live in it any longer?
Titus 1:2
in hope of the Life of the Ages which God, who is never false to His word, promised before the commencement of the Ages.