1 JOHN 3:9 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“Whosoever is born of God doth not commit sin; for his seed remaineth in him: and he cannot sin, because he is born of God.”
No one born of God makes a practice of sinning, for God's seed abides in him, and he cannot keep on sinning because he has been born of God — the born of God (gennao ek theos) possess God's seed (sperma), a generative principle of righteousness. The inability (dynamai) to keep sinning reflects the Spirit's indwelling. The practice (poieo) of sin becomes impossible for those truly regenerated.
Church Fathers on 1 John 3:9
Hear intently, I do beseech you, because it is no small matter that we have to cope withal: and I doubt not, because you were intent upon it yesterday, that you have with even greater intentness of purpose come together today. For it is no slight question, how he says in this Epistle, “Whosoever is born of God, sins not,” 1 John 3:9 and how in the same Epistle he has said above, “If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.” 1 John 1:8 What…
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