1 John 5:18

We know that anyone born of God does not go on sinning; rather, the Son, who was born of God, keeps them safe, and the evil one does not lay hold of them.
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  1. Sermons on Several Occasions · John Wesley

    Christian Perfection cites 1 John 5:18

    …And he cannot sin because he is born of God.” [1 John 3:8, 9] And those in the fifth: (1 John 5:18:) “We know that whosoever is born of God sinneth not; but he that is begotten of God…

  2. Knots Untied · J. C. Ryle

    Prayer-book Statements about Regeneration cites 1 John v. 18

    …doeth not righteousness is not of God, neither he that loveth not his brother.” (1 John v. 18; 1 John v. 1; 1 John ii. 29; 1 John v. 4; 1 John v. 18; 1 John iii. 10.) Of course I am…

  3. Sermons on Several Occasions · John Wesley

    Spiritual Worship cites 1 John 5:18–20

    …and recapitulating the marks of our communion with God, by, “we know,” thrice repeated. (1 John 5:18–20.) 4. The tract itself treats, First, severally, of communion with the Father; (1 John…

  4. Ever-Increasing Faith · Smith Wigglesworth

    The Discerning of Spirits cites 1 John 5:18

    …to be an open door. Hear what the Scriptures say : “That wicked one toucheth him not” (1 John 5:18). “The Lord shall preserve thee from all evil : He shall preserve thy soul” (Psa. 121…

  5. Institutes of the Christian Religion · John Calvin

    Book 2, Chapter 5 — The Arguments Usually Alleged in Support of Free Will Refuted cites 1 John 5:18

    …is plain from the words of John, “He that is begotten of God keepeth himself,” (1 John 5:18). The advocates of free will fasten upon the expression as if it implied, that we are…

  6. The Key Teachings of Derek Prince · Ochorus Originals

    Warfare and Deliverance cites 1 JOHN 5:18

    …but he that is begotten of God keepeth himself, and that wicked one toucheth him not. 1 JOHN 5:18 This is not a small disagreement, and it is sincere on both sides. This book does not…

  7. The Bruised Reed · Richard Sibbes

    Means to make Grace victorious cites 1 John v. 18

    …victory unto our care of keeping ourselves. He that is begotten of God, keepeth himself, 1 John v. 18; but not by himself, but by the Lord, in dependance on him on the use of means. We are no…

  8. Grace Abounding to the Chief of Sinners · John Bunyan

    Grace Abounding to the Chief of Sinners; Or, a Brief Relation of the Exceeding Mercy of God in Christ, to His Poor Servant John Bunyan cites 1 John 5.18

    …Must it needs be the great transgression (Ps. 19.13)? Must that wicked one touch my soul (1 John 5.18)? Oh, what stings did I find in all these sentences! 153. What, thought I, is there but…

  9. Sermons on Several Occasions · John Wesley

    Salvation by Faith cites 1 John 5:18

    …but he that is begotten of God keepeth himself, and that wicked one toucheth him not” (1 John 5:18). 6. he that is, by faith, born of God sinneth not (1.) by any habitual sin; for all…

  10. Sermons on Several Occasions · John Wesley

    The Marks of the New Birth cites 1 John 5:18

    …but he that is begotten of God keepeth himself, and that wicked one toucheth him not.” (1 John 5:18.) 7. Another fruit of this living faith is peace. For, “being justified by faith,” having…

  11. Old Paths · J. C. Ryle

    Perseverance cites 1 John v. 18

    …of the means which Paul used to preserve himself from being a cast-away. It is like 1 John v. 18: “He that is begotten of God keepeth himself.” John xv. 2. This does not prove that true…

  12. Knots Untied · J. C. Ryle

    Regeneration cites 1 John v. 18

    …to please God. (6) Sixthly, St. John says, “He that is begotten of God keepeth himself.” (1 John v. 18.) A regenerate man is very careful of his own soul. He endeavours not only to keep clear…

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