"We know that whosoever is born of God sinneth not; but he that is begotten of God keepeth himself, and that wicked one t…" — 1 John 5:18

1 John 5:18 · 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. {is born: Gr. has been born}”

— 1 John 5:18

Verse 17

All unrighteousness is sin: and there is a sin not unto death.

Verse 19

{And} we know that we are of God, and the whole world lieth in wickedness.

1 John 5 — Context

If any man see his brother sin a sin {which is} not unto death, he shall ask, and he shall give him life for them that sin not unto death. There is a sin unto death: I do not say that he shall pray for it.

All unrighteousness is sin: and there is a sin not unto death.

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. {is born: Gr. has been born}

{And} we know that we are of God, and the whole world lieth in wickedness.

And we know that the Son of God is come, and hath given us an understanding, that we may know him that is true, and we are in him that is true, {even} in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God, and eternal life.

Cross References

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. {is born: or, has been born}

1 John 5:4

For whatsoever is born of God overcometh the world: and this is the victory that overcometh the world, {even} our faith. {is born: Gr. has been born}

Jude 1:24

Now unto him that is able to keep you from falling, and to present {you} faultless before the presence of his glory with exceeding joy,

1 John 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. {is born: Gr. has been born}

Jude 1:21

Keep yourselves in the love of God, looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life.

1 John 3:3

And every man that hath this hope in him purifieth himself, even as he is pure.

1 Peter 1:23

Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which liveth and abideth for ever.

James 1:27

Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, {and} to keep himself unspotted from the world.