1 John 5:18 BSB — MannaFest

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.

BSB

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ASV

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.

KJV

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.

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Commentary

1 voice

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

Whosoever is born of God sinneth not - This is spoken of adult Christians; they are cleansed from all unrighteousness, consequently from all sin, 1Jn 1:7-9. Keepeth himself - That is, in the love of God, Jud 1:21, by building up himself on his most holy faith, and praying in the Holy Ghost; and that wicked one - the devil, toucheth him not - finds nothing of his own nature in him on which he can work, Christ dwelling in his heart by faith.

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The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the New Testament (1755)

Yet this gives us no encouragement to sin: on the contrary, it is an indisputable truth, he that is born of God - That sees and loves God. Sinneth not - So long as that loving faith abides in him, he neither speaks nor does anything which God hath forbidden. He keepeth himself - Watching unto prayer.

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Charles Spurgeon

1834–1892

The Metropolitan Tabernacle Pulpit, Sermon No. 3161: “Positivism” (lightly modernized text, CCEL edition) (1909)

IT is remarkable how throughout the whole of John's Epistle he continually uses the word, "know." It has quite refreshed me to carefully read through the Epistle and to observe how, as the clock strikes the same note again and again, John seems to have kept to this monotone—"We know, we know, we know."

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

This 1Jo 5:18 warns against abusing 1Jo 5:16, 17, as warranting carnal security. whosoever--Greek, "every one who." Not only advanced believers, but every one who is born again, "sinneth not." he that is begotten--Greek aorist, "has been (once for all in past time) begotten of God"; in the beginning of the verse it is perfect.

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Original language & word study

24 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
οἴδαμεν	oidamen	We know
ὅτι	hoti	that	G3754 →
πᾶς	pas	everyone	G3956 →
ὁ	ho	who	G3588 →
γεγεννημένος	gegennēmenos	born	G1080 →
ἐκ	ek	of	G1537 →
τοῦ	tou	<the>	G3588 →
θεοῦ,	theou	God	G2316 →
οὐχ	ouch	not	G3756 →
ἁμαρτάνει·	hamartanei	continues to sin;	G264 →
ἀλλ᾽	all᾽	but	G235 →
ὁ	ho	the [One]	G3588 →
γεννηθεὶς	gennētheis	having been begotten	G1080 →
ἐκ	ek	of	G1537 →
τοῦ	tou	<the>	G3588 →
θεοῦ	theou	God	G2316 →
τηρεῖ	tērei	protects	G5083 →
ἑαυτόν,	he'auton	himself,	G1438 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
ὁ	ho	the	G3588 →
πονηρὸς	ponēros	evil [one]	G4190 →
οὐχ	ouch	not	G3756 →
ἅπτεται	haptetai	does touch	G681 →
αὐτοῦ.	autou	him.	G846 →

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 John 5:4
because everyone born of God overcomes the world. And this is the victory that has overcome the world: our faith.
leads to
- 1 Corinthians 15:57
  But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ!
- 1 John 4:4
  You, little children, are from God and have overcome them, because greater is He who is in you than he who is in the world.
- John 16:33
  I have told you these things so that in Me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation. But take courage; I have overcome the world!”
- 1 John 5:5
  Who then overcomes the world? Only he who believes that Jesus is the Son of God.
Through
Jude 1:24
Now to Him who is able to keep you from stumbling and to present you unblemished in His glorious presence, with great joy—
leads to
- 2 Timothy 4:18
  And the Lord will rescue me from every evil action and bring me safely into His heavenly kingdom. To Him be the glory forever and ever. Amen.
- Ephesians 3:20
  Now to Him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to His power that is at work within us,
- Colossians 1:22
  But now He has reconciled you by Christ’s physical body through death to present you holy, unblemished, and blameless in His presence—
Through
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.
leads to
- 1 John 2:29
  If you know that He is righteous, you also know that everyone who practices righteousness has been born of Him.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.

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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