1Jo 3:9 | PNT | STEP | Whosoever is born of God doth not commit sin . The thought is that he does not live a life of sin. The spirit born of God, the new creation, does not sin, and cannot sin and remain God's child, but sometimes the old nature revives and for a moment exerts its power. See . See PNT . For his seed remaineth in him . The principle of divine life, and hence he cannot live a sinful life. And he cannot sin, because he is born of God . "That which is born of the Spirit is spirit" ( ). This new nature cannot sin. If we sin, it is the old nature revived. Unless at once we repent and flee to him he will depart from us.

1 John 3:9

Whosoever is born of God doth not commit sin. The thought is that he does not live a life of sin. The spirit born of God, the new creation, does not sin, and cannot sin and remain God's child, but sometimes the old nature revives and for a moment exerts its power. See Ro 7:20.

See PNT 1Jo 5:21.

For his seed remaineth in him. The principle of divine life, and hence he cannot live a sinful life.

And he cannot sin, because he is born of God. "That which is born of the Spirit is spirit" (Joh 3:6). This new nature cannot sin. If we sin, it is the old nature revived. Unless at once we repent and flee to him he will depart from us.