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1 John 3:9
The 2026 edition cites 1 passage containing 1 John 3:9, each printed here in the KJV with every place in the Constitution that cites it.
1 John 3:9
9 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.
Cited by 6 places in the Constitution
Westminster Confession of Faith 3
- CF 17.1
They, whom God hath accepted in His Beloved, effectually called, and sanctified by His Spirit, can neither totally, nor finally, fall away from the state of…
- CF 17.2
This perseverance of the saints depends not upon their own free will, but upon the immutability of the decree of election, flowing from the free and…
- CF 18.4
True believers may have the assurance of their salvation divers ways shaken, diminished, and intermitted; as, by negligence in preserving of it, by falling…
Larger Catechism 3
- LC 75
Sanctification is a work of God’s grace, whereby they whom God hath before the foundation of the world chosen to be holy, are in time through the powerful…
- LC 79
True believers, by reason of the unchangeable love of God, and his decree and covenant to give them perseverance, their inseparable union with Christ, his…
- LC 81
Assurance of grace and salvation not being of the essence of faith, true believers may wait long before they obtain it; and, after the enjoyment thereof, may…