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NASB | 1 John 3:9 No one who is born of God practices sin, because His seed abides in him; and he cannot sin, because he is born of God. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | 1 John 3:9 No one who is born of God [deliberately, knowingly, and habitually] practices sin, because God's seed [His principle of life, the essence of His righteous character] remains [permanently] in him [who is born again--who is reborn from above--spiritually transformed, renewed, and set apart for His purpose]; and he [who is born again] cannot habitually [live a life characterized by] sin, because he is born of God and longs to please Him. |
Subject: One born of God cannot sin? |
Bible Note: Hello brother Doc; As to your 1st comment, I believe that when Paul says "I am crucified with Christ" he is obviously not saying that he was physically crucified at any time. What I believe he, by the Holy Spirit was saying is that it was a spiritual thing in that Christ through the suffering of His own soul and body was declaring that our old nature was "dead" to God. That is, that God cannot use our old nature in any way whatsoever. As far as God is concerned we (our old nature, the "old man") is of no use to Him at all. Many times in the New Testiment "dead" or "death" does not referr to the death of the body(see Col 3) but to separation from God. I'm not sure if you call that a metaphor or not. Of course I could be wrong also! As for your 2nd comment, I'm not sure what kind of errors you mean. And Romans 6 though 8, especially Romans 7 is, to me, a clear statement regarding the conflict between the two natures in a believer. Your brother, M. J. Head |