Parallel Verses
Weymouth New Testament
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.
New American Standard Bible
King James Version
We 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.
Holman Bible
We know that everyone who has been born of God does not sin, but the One
International Standard Version
We know that the person who has been born from God does not go on sinning. Rather, the Son of God protects them, and the evil one cannot harm them.
A Conservative Version
We know that every man who has been begotten from God does not sin, but he who was begotten from God keeps himself, and the evil does not touch him.
American Standard Version
We know that whosoever is begotten of God sinneth not; but he that was begotten of God keepeth himself, and the evil one toucheth him not.
Amplified
We know [with confidence] that anyone born of God does not habitually sin; but He (Jesus) who was born of God [carefully] keeps and protects him, and the evil one does not touch him.
An Understandable Version
We know that every person who has been [spiritually] conceived [by God and eventually born] does not continue in [a life of] sin, but God's one and only conceived [Son] keeps him [from continuing to sin], and the evil one [i.e., Satan] does not continue to touch him [i.e., continue to control his life].
Anderson New Testament
We know that whoever has been begotten of God, does not sin: but he that is begotten of God, keeps himself, and the wicked one touches him not.
Bible in Basic English
We are certain that one who is a child of God will do no sin, but the Son of God keeps him so that he is not touched by the Evil One.
Common New Testament
We know that anyone born of God does not sin; but he who was born of God keeps him, and the evil one does not touch him.
Daniel Mace New Testament
we know that a true christian will not commit such a sin, for he that is the child of God keeps upon his guard, so that the wicked spirit does not approach him.
Darby Translation
We know that every one begotten of God does not sin, but he that has been begotten of God keeps himself, and the wicked one does not touch him.
Emphatic Diaglott Bible
We know that whoever has been begotten by God, does not sin; but he who is begotten by God, guards himself, and the wicked on does not lay hold on him.
Godbey New Testament
We know that every one who has been born of God, sins not; but the one having been born of God keeps himself, and the evil one does not touch him.
Goodspeed New Testament
We know that no child of God commits sin, but the fact that he is God's child protects him, and the evil one cannot touch him.
John Wesley New Testament
We know that whosoever is born of God sinneth not;
Julia Smith Translation
We know that every one born of God sins not; but he born of God keeps himself, and evil touches him not.
King James 2000
We know that whosoever is born of God sins not; but he that is begotten of God keeps himself, and that wicked one touches him not.
Lexham Expanded Bible
We know that everyone who is fathered by God does not sin, but the one fathered by God, he protects him, and the evil one does not touch him.
Modern King James verseion
We know that everyone who has been born of God does not continue to sin, but the one born of God guards himself, and the evil one does not touch him.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
We know that all that are born of God, sin not: but he that is born of God keepeth himself, and that wicked toucheth him not.
Moffatt New Testament
We know that anyone who is born of God does not sin; He who was born of God preserves him, and the evil One never catches him.
Montgomery New Testament
We know that whoever is a child of God is not habitually committing sin; but he who is God's child guards himself, and the Evil One never touches him.
NET Bible
We know that everyone fathered by God does not sin, but God protects the one he has fathered, and the evil one cannot touch him.
New Heart English Bible
We know that whoever is born of God does not sin, but he who was born of God protects him, and the evil one does not touch him.
Noyes New Testament
We know that whoever hath been born of God sinneth not; but he that is born of God keepeth himself, and the Evil One toucheth him not.
Sawyer New Testament
We know that every one who has been born of God does not sin, but he that has been born of God keeps himself, and the evil one does not touch him.
The Emphasized Bible
We know that, whosoever hath been born of God, is not committing sin, - Nay, he that hath been born of God, He keepeth him, and, the wicked one, doth not touch him.
Thomas Haweis New Testament
We know that every one who is born of God sinneth not; but he that is born of God preserveth himself, and the wicked one toucheth him not.
Twentieth Century New Testament
We know that no one who has received the new Life from God lives in sin. No, he who has received the new Life from God keeps the thought of God in his heart, and then the Evil One does not touch him.
Webster
We know that whoever is born of God, sinneth not; but he that is begotten of God, keepeth himself, and that wicked one toucheth him not.
Williams New Testament
We know that no one who is born of God makes a practice of sinning, but the Son who was born of God continues to keep him, and the evil one cannot touch him.
World English Bible
We 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.
Worrell New Testament
We know that every one who has been begotten of God sins not; but he who was begotten of God keeps himself, and the evil one touches him not.
Worsley New Testament
We know that whosoever is born of God, doth not practise sin: but keepeth himself from it, and the wicked one doth not touch him.
Youngs Literal Translation
We have known that every one who hath been begotten of God doth not sin, but he who was begotten of God doth keep himself, and the evil one doth not touch him;
Themes
Devil/devils » Who the wicked one cannot touch
New Birth » Produces » Hatred of sin
Topics
Interlinear
Hoti
Usage: 0
Pas
Ek
ἐκ ἐξ
Ek
Usage: 709
theos
θεός
theos
Usage: 1151
Gennao
heautou
References
Word Count of 38 Translations in 1 John 5:18
Images 1 John 5:18
Prayers for 1 John 5:18
Verse Info
Context Readings
Our Assurance Of Eternal Life
17 Any kind of wrongdoing is sin; but there is sin which is not unto death. 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. 19 We know that we are children of God, and that the whole world lies in the power of the Evil one.
Cross References
James 1:27
The religious service which is pure and stainless in the sight of our God and Father is to visit fatherless children and widowed women in their time of trouble, and to keep one's own self unspotted from the world.
1 John 3:9
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.
Jude 1:21
must keep yourselves safe in the love of God, waiting for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ which will result in the Life of the Ages.
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.
John 3:2-5
He came to Jesus by night and said, "Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher from God; for no one can do these miracles which you are doing, unless God is with him.
John 14:30
In future I shall not talk much with you, for the Prince of this world is coming. And yet in me he has nothing;
John 15:4
Continue in me, and let me continue in you. Just as the branch cannot bear fruit of itself--that is, if it does not continue in the vine--so neither can you if you do not continue in me.
John 15:7
"If you continue in me and my sayings continue in you, ask what you will and it shall be done for you.
John 15:9
As the Father has loved me, I have also loved you: continue in my love.
Acts 11:23
On getting there he was delighted to see the grace which God had bestowed; and he encouraged them all to remain, with fixed resolve, faithful to the Lord.
James 1:18
In accordance with His will He made us His children through the Message of the truth, so that we might, in a sense, be the Firstfruits of the things which He has created.
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 2:13-14
I am writing to you, fathers, because you know Him who has existed from the very beginning. I am writing to you, young men, because you have overcome the Evil one. I have written to you, children, because you know the Father.
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 3:3
And every man who has this hope fixed on Him, purifies himself so as to be as pure as He is.
1 John 3:12
We are not to resemble Cain, who was a child of the Evil one and killed his own brother. And why did he kill him? Because his own actions were wicked and his brother's actions righteous.
1 John 4:6
The man who is beginning to know God listens to us, but he who is not a child of God does not listen to us. By this test we can distinguish the Spirit of truth from the spirit of error.
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.
1 John 5:21
Dear children, guard yourselves from idols.
Jude 1:24
But to Him who is able to keep you safe from stumbling, and cause you to stand in the presence of His glory free from blemish and full of exultant joy--
Revelation 2:13
Satan's throne is there; and yet you are true to Me, and did not deny your faith in Me, even in the days of Antipas My witness and faithful friend, who was put to death among you, in the place where Satan dwells.
Revelation 3:8-10
I know your doings. I have put an opened door in front of you, which no one can shut; because you have but a little power, and yet you have guarded My word and have not disowned Me.