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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: Hi M.J.Head, I don't see the new nature in either Romans 7:17 or 20. In verse 22 we see the law of God in the inner man and in verse 25 we see the mind serving the law of God. Romans 7:6 says that we serve in newness of the Spirit and Romans 8:2 tells us that the law of the Spirit has set us free. Romans 8:3, "...in the likeness of sinful flesh and as an offering for sin, He/ condemned sin in the flesh." Ephesians 4:22, "that, in reference to your former manner of life, you lay aside the old self, which is being corrupted in accordance with the lusts of deceit, 23 and that you be renewed in the spirit of your mind, 24 and put on the new self which in the likeness of God/ has been created in righteousness and holiness of the truth." Romans 7:25, "...So then, on the one hand I myself with my mind am serving the law of God/, but on the other, with my flesh the law of sin." We want to be renewed in the spirit of our mind. From the heart, Ray |