1 John 3:9
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.
KJV
πᾶς ὁ γεγεννημένος ἐκ τοῦ θεοῦ ἁμαρτίαν οὐ ποιεῖ, ὅτι σπέρμα αὐτοῦ ἐν αὐτῷ μένει· καὶ οὐ δύναται ἁμαρτάνειν, ὅτι ἐκ τοῦ θεοῦ γεγέννηται.
Greek NT
Omnis qui natus est ex Deo, peccatum non facit : quoniam semen ipsius in eo manet, et non potest peccare, quoniam ex Deo natus est.
Vulgate
Whosoever is begotten of God doeth no sin, because his seed abideth in him: and he cannot sin, because he is begotten of God.
ASV
Whosoever is born of God committeth not sin: for his seed abideth in him. And he cannot sin, because he is born of God.
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
16 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
γεννάω
gennao
verb · 97×
δύναμαι
dunamai
verb · 209×
θεός
theos
noun · 1311×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
μένω
meno
verb · 117×
οὐ
ou
particle · 1626×
ποιέω
poieo
verb · 569×
πᾶς
pas
adjective · 1226×
σπέρμα
sperma
noun · 44×
ἁμαρτάνω
amartano
verb · 44×
ἁμαρτία
amartia
noun · 173×
ἐκ
ek
preposition · 915×
ἐν
en
preposition · 2743×
ὁ
o
article · 19778×
ὅτι
oti
conjunction · 1299×
Themes
Historic Christian voices
8 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Chapter 22.—What is Meant by the Good Going Out to See the Punishment of the Wicked. But in what way shall the good go out to see the punishment of the wicked? Are they to leave their happy abodes by a bodily movement, and proceed to the places of punishment, so as to witness the torments of the wicked in their bodily presence? Certainly not; but they shall go out by knowledge.…
Is charity in the will as its subject? Is charity caused in man by preceding acts or by a Divine infusion? Is it infused according to the capacity of our natural gifts? Does it increase in the person who has it? Does it increase by addition? Does it increase by every act? Does it increase indefinitely? Can the charity of a wayfarer be perfect? The various degrees of charity Can…
Canons of Dort · 3 passages
For, in the first place, God preserves in those saints when they fall his imperishable seed from which they have been born again, lest it perish or be dislodged. Secondly, by his Word and Spirit God certainly and effectively renews them to repentance so that they have a heartfelt and godly sorrow for the sins they have committed; seek and obtain, through faith and with a contri…
The Synod rejects the errors of those who teach that true believers and regenerate persons can and actually do in fact commit the sin that leads to death or sin against the Holy Spirit, and so fall from grace and perish.
The Synod rejects the errors of those who teach that it is not absurd that a person, after losing an earlier regeneration, should once again and even repeatedly be reborn. For by this teaching they deny the imperishableness of God's seed by which we are born again. This is contrary to the testimony of the apostle Peter: "Being born again, not of perishable seed, but of imperish…
Cross-references
- 1Cor 13:13 — And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is charity.
- 1John 2:29 — If ye know that he is righteous, ye know that every one that doeth righteousness is born of him.
- 1John 2:29 — If ye know that he is righteous, ye know that every one that doeth righteousness is born of him.
- 1John 3:6 — Whosoever abideth in him sinneth not: whosoever sinneth hath not seen him, neither known him.
- 1John 4:4 — Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome them: because greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world.
- 1John 4:7 — Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God.
- 1John 5:1 — Whosoever 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.
- 1John 5:1 — Whosoever 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.
- 1John 5:4 — For whatsoever is born of God overcometh the world: and this is the victory that overcometh the world, even our faith.
- 1John 5:4 — For whatsoever is born of God overcometh the world: and this is the victory that overcometh the world, even our faith.
- 1John 5:18 — 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.
- 1John 5:18 — 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.
- 1Pet 1:3 — Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which according to his abundant mercy hath begotten us again unto a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,
- 1Pet 1:23 — Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which liveth and abideth for ever.
- 1Pet 1:23 — Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which liveth and abideth for ever.
- Acts 4:20 — For we cannot but speak the things which we have seen and heard.
- Eph 5:9 — (For the fruit of the Spirit is in all goodness and righteousness and truth;)
- Gal 1:10 — For do I now persuade men, or God? or do I seek to please men? for if I yet pleased men, I should not be the servant of Christ.
- Gal 5:17 — For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh: and these are contrary the one to the other: so that ye cannot do the things that ye would.
- Gen 39:9 — There is none greater in this house than I; neither hath he kept back any thing from me but thee, because thou art his wife: how then can I do this great wickedness, and sin against God?
- Jas 1:18 — Of his own will begat he us with the word of truth, that we should be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures.
- Job 19:28 — But ye should say, Why persecute we him, seeing the root of the matter is found in me?
- John 1:13 — Which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.
- John 1:13 — Which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.
- John 3:3 — Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.
- John 3:3 — Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.
- John 3:6 — That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.
- Matt 7:18 — A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, neither can a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit.
- Matt 7:18 — A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, neither can a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit.
- Ps 119:3 — They also do no iniquity: they walk in his ways.
- Rom 6:2 — God forbid. How shall we, that are dead to sin, live any longer therein?
- Rom 6:2 — God forbid. How shall we, that are dead to sin, live any longer therein?
- Titus 1:2 — In hope of eternal life, which God, that cannot lie, promised before the world began;