Christian Perfection · §22 · John Wesley

Born of God does not sin

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But most express are the well-known words of St. John in the third chapter of his first letter, verse 8 and following: He who commits sin is of the devil, for the devil sins from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil. Whoever is born of God does not commit sin. For his seed remains in him, and he cannot sin, because he is born of God (1 John 3:8-9). And those in the fifth, verse 18: We know that whoever is born of God does not sin. But he who is begotten of God keeps himself, and that wicked one does not touch him (1 John 5:18).

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5. But most express are the well known words of St. John, in the third chapter of his first epistle, verse the eighth, &c. He that committeth sin is of the devil: for the devil sinneth from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil. 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. And those in the fifth, verse 18. We know that whosoever ♦is born of God sinneth not. But he that is begotten of God keepeth himself, and that wicked one toucheth him not.

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