9No one who is born of God will continue to sin, because God's seed remains in him; he cannot go on sinning, because he has been born of God.


In Context

6 No one who lives in him keeps on sinning. No one who continues to sin has either seen him or known him.

7 Dear children, do not let anyone lead you astray. He who does what is right is righteous, just as he is righteous.

8 He who does what is sinful is of the devil, because the devil has been sinning from the beginning. The reason the Son of God appeared was to destroy the devil's work.

9 No one who is born of God will continue to sin, because God's seed remains in him; he cannot go on sinning, because he has been born of God.

10 This is how we know who the children of God are and who the children of the devil are: Anyone who does not do what is right is not a child of God; nor is anyone who does not love his brother.

11 This is the message you heard from the beginning: We should love one another.

1st John 3:9 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

3:9Whosoever is born of God doth not commit sin; for his seed remaineth in him: and he cannot sin, because he is born of God.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

3:9Whosoever is born of God, commmitteth not sin: for his seed abideth in him, and he can not sin, because he is born of God.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

3:9Whosoever is begotten of God doeth no sin, because his seed abideth in him: and he cannot sin, because he is begotten of God.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:9Whoever 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.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

3:9Whosoever is begotten of God doeth no sin, because his seed abideth in him: and he cannot sin, because he is begotten of God.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:9Whoever is born of God doth not commit sin; for his seed remaineth in him: and he cannot sin, because he is born of God.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:9Whoever 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.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

3:9every 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.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

3:9Whoever is born of God does not commit sin; for his seed remains in him: and he cannot sin, because he is born of God.