1 John 5:18
We know that whoever is born from God does not sin. But the one who was born from God keeps him safe, and the evil one cannot harm him.
Unlocked Literal Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
17All unrighteousness is sin, but there is sin that does not result in death.
19We know that we are from God, and we know that the whole world lies in the power of the evil one.
Cross References
Psalms 17:4As for the deeds of mankind, it is at the word of your lips that I have kept myself from the ways of the lawless. 1
Psalms 39:1I decided, “I will watch what I say 1 so that I do not sin with my tongue. 1 I will muzzle my mouth 1 while in the presence of an evil man.” 1
Proverbs 4:23Keep your heart safe and guard it with all diligence, 1 for from it flow the springs of life. 1
John 3:2This man came to Jesus at night and said to him, “Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher that came from God, for no one can do these signs that you do unless God is with him.”
John 15:4Remain in me, and I in you. Just as a branch cannot bear fruit by itself unless it remains in the vine, so neither can you, unless you remain in me.
John 15:9As the Father has loved me, I have also loved you. Remain in my love.
Matthew Henry on 1 John 5:15-18
The Sin unto Death. ( a. d. 80.) 14 And this is the confidence that we have in him, that, if we ask any thing according to his will, he heareth us: 15 And if we know that he hear us, whatsoever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we desired of him. 16 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. 17 All unrighteousness is sin: and there is a sin… Read the whole commentary →