1 John 3:9 BSB — MannaFest

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.

BSB

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ASV

Whosoever is begotten of God doeth no sin, because his seed abideth in him: and he cannot sin, because he is begotten of God.

KJV

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.

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Commentary

4 voices

Origen of Alexandria

SERMONS ON EXODUS 8.6 (253)

When we are persuaded by the devil to sin, we receive his seed. But when we go on to complete the work which he urged, then he has begotten us, for through sin we are born to him as children.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the New Testament (1755)

Whosoever is born of God - By living faith, whereby God is continually breathing spiritual life into his soul, and his soul is continually breathing out love and prayer to God, doth not commit sin. For the divine seed of loving faith abideth in him; and, so long as it doth, he cannot sin, because he is born of God - Is inwardly and universally changed.

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

Whosoever is born of God doth not commit sin - This passage must either mean that they who are born of God, that is, who are true Christians, do not sin habitually and characteristically, or that everyone who is a true Christian is absolutely perfect, and never commits any sin. If it can be used as referring to the doctrine of absolute perfection at all, it proves, not that Christians may be perfect, or that a “portion” of them are, but that all are. But who can maintain this? Who can believe that John meant to affirm this?

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

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Original language & word study

24 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
πᾶς	pas	Anyone	G3956 →
ὁ	ho	who	G3588 →
γεγεννημένος	gegennēmenos	born	G1080 →
ἐκ	ek	of	G1537 →
τοῦ	tou	<the>	G3588 →
θεοῦ	theou	God	G2316 →
ἁμαρτίαν	hamartian	sin	G266 →
οὐ	ou	not	G3756 →
ποιεῖ,	poiei	practices,	G4160 →
ὅτι	hoti	because	G3754 →
σπέρμα	sperma	seed	G4690 →
αὐτοῦ	autou	of Him	G846 →
ἐν	en	in	G1722 →
αὐτῷ	autō	him	G846 →
μένει·	menei	abides;	G3306 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
οὐ	ou	not	G3756 →
δύναται	dunatai	he is able	G1410 →
ἁμαρτάνειν,	hamartanein	to continue sinning,	G264 →
ὅτι	hoti	because	G3754 →
ἐκ	ek	of	G1537 →
τοῦ	tou	<the>	G3588 →
θεοῦ	theou	God	G2316 →
γεγέννηται.	gegennētai	he has been born.	G1080 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
1 Peter 1:23
For you have been born again, not of perishable seed, but of imperishable, through the living and enduring word of God.
leads to
- 1 Peter 1:3
  Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! By His great mercy He has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- John 1:13
  children born not of blood, nor of the desire or will of man, but born of God.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
Through
1 John 5:18
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 cannot touch him.
leads to
- 1 John 5:4
  because everyone born of God overcomes the world. And this is the victory that has overcome the world: our faith.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- 1 John 5:1
  Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ has been born of God, and everyone who loves the Father also loves those born of Him.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
Through
1 John 2:29
If you know that He is righteous, you also know that everyone who practices righteousness has been born of Him.
leads to
- John 3:3–5
  Jesus replied, “Truly, truly, I tell you, no one can see the kingdom of God unless he is born again.”
Through
John 1:13
children born not of blood, nor of the desire or will of man, but born of God.
leads to
- James 1:18
  He chose to give us birth through the word of truth, that we would be a kind of firstfruits of His creation.
- 1 Peter 1:23
  For you have been born again, not of perishable seed, but of imperishable, through the living and enduring word of God.
Through
1 John 5:1
Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ has been born of God, and everyone who loves the Father also loves those born of Him.
leads to
- John 1:12–13
  But to all who did receive Him, to those who believed in His name, He gave the right to become children of God—

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01Commentary

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02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

05Featured studies on this passage

06About 1 John

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About 1 John