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1 John 3:9
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
1 John 3:9
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
9 No one who is begotten by God commits sin, because God’s seed remains in him; he cannot sin because he is begotten by God.[a]
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- 3:9 A habitual sinner is a child of the devil, while a child of God, who by definition is in fellowship with God, cannot sin. Seed: Christ or the Spirit who shares the nature of God with the Christian.
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