1 John 5:18

Protection and safety Sin Spiritual warfare Jesus Christ

¹⁶ If anyone sees his brother committing a sin not leading to death, he should ask God, who will give life to those who commit this kind of sin. There is a sin that leads to death; I am not saying he should ask regarding that sin.

¹⁷ All unrighteousness is sin, yet there is sin that does not lead to death.

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.

¹⁹ We know that we are of God, and that the whole world is under the power of the evil one.

²⁰ And we know that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding, so that we may know Him who is true; and we are in Him who is true—in His Son Jesus Christ. He is the true God and eternal life.

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB: 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.
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.
WEB: We know that whoever is born of God doesn’t sin, but he who was born of God keeps himself, and the evil one doesn’t touch him.
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.
DARBY: We know that every one begotten of God does not sin, but he that has been begotten of God keeps himself, and the wicked [one] does not touch him.
BLB: We know that everyone having been born of God does not sin, but the One having been begotten of God keeps him, and the evil one does not touch him.

ÅB: Vi vet at hver den som er født av Gud, synder ikke; men den som er født av Gud, tar seg i vare, og den onde rører ham ikke.
OTB: Vi vet at ingen som er født av Gud fortsetter å synde; men Han som er født av Gud, holder ham, og den onde rører ham ikke.
B1930: Vi vet at hver den som er født av Gud, synder ikke; men den som er født av Gud, tar sig i vare, og den onde rører ham ikke.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

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.
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1 John 5:4
because everyone born of God overcomes the world. And this is the victory that has overcome the world: our faith.
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Jude 1:21
keep yourselves in the love of God as you await the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ to bring you eternal life.
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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—
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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.
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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.
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1 John 3:3
And everyone who has this hope in Him purifies himself, just as Christ is pure.
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James 1:27
Pure and undefiled religion before our God and Father is this: to care for orphans and widows in their distress, and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world.
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