1 John 5:18 in every translation
Leer en españolThe same verse in each translation we publish, grouped by language and by the tradition that made it. Numbering is matched for each text (for example, Psalms in the Septuagint).
English
Catholic
DRB Douay-Rheims (Challoner), American Edition 1899
We know that whosoever is born of God, sinneth not: but the generation of God preserveth him, and the wicked one toucheth him not.
CPDV Catholic Public Domain Version
We know that everyone who is born of God does not sin. Instead, rebirth in God preserves him, and the evil one cannot touch him.
Protestant
WEB World English Bible (Classic, with Deuterocanon)
We know that whoever is born of God doesn’t sin, but he who was born of God keeps himself, and the evil one doesn’t touch him.
WEBBE World English Bible British Edition (with Deuterocanon)
We know that whoever is born of God doesn’t sin, but he who was born of God keeps himself, and the evil one doesn’t touch him.
KJV King James Version (with Apocrypha)
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.
RV Revised Version with Apocrypha
We know that whosoever is begotten of God sinneth not; but he that was begotten of God keepeth him, and the evil one toucheth him not.
MSB Majority Standard Bible
We know that anyone born of God does not keep on sinning; the one who was born of God protects himself, and the evil one cannot touch him.
BSB Berean Standard Bible
We know that anyone born of God does not keep on sinning; the One who was born of God protects him, and the evil one cannot touch him.
ASV American Standard Version (1901)
We know that whosoever is begotten of God sinneth not; but he that was begotten of God keepeth himself, and the evil one toucheth him not.
LSV Literal Standard Version
We have known that everyone who has been begotten of God does not sin, but He who was begotten of God keeps him, and the evil one does not touch him;
Read in context · Literal Standard Version. Copyright © 2020 Covenant Press. Text from eBible.org (https://ebible.org/englsv/), unaltered. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Darby Darby Translation
We know that every one begotten of God does not sin, but he that has been begotten of God keeps himself, and the wicked [one] does not touch him.
Webster Noah Webster's Bible (1833)
We know that whoever is born of God, sinneth not; but he that is begotten of God, keepeth himself, and that wicked one toucheth him not.
GNV Geneva Bible (1599)
We know that whosoeuer is borne of God, sinneth not: but he that is begotten of God, keepeth himselfe, and that wicked one toucheth him not.
ULB Unlocked Literal Bible
We know that whoever is born from God does not sin. But the one who was born from God keeps him safe, and the evil one cannot harm him.
Read in context · Unlocked Literal Bible. Copyright © 2017 Door43 World Missions Community. Text from eBible.org (https://ebible.org/engULB/), unaltered. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Tyndale Tyndale New Testament (1534)
We knowe that whosoever is borne of god synneth not: but he that is begotten of god kepeth him silfe and that wicked toucheth him not.
Individual translator
YLT Young's Literal Translation
We have known that every one who hath been begotten of God doth not sin, but he who was begotten of God doth keep himself, and the evil one doth not touch him;
FBV Free Bible Version
We recognize that those who are born of God don't keep on sinning. The Son of God protects them and the devil cannot harm them.
Read in context · Free Bible Version. Copyright © 2018 Dr. Jonathan Gallagher. Text from eBible.org (https://ebible.org/engfbv/), unaltered. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Scholarly edition
BBE Bible in Basic English
We are certain that one who is a child of God will do no sin, but the Son of God keeps him so that he is not touched by the Evil One.
Spanish
Catholic
Scío Scío de San Miguel New Testament (1797)
Sabemos que todo aquel que es nacido de Dios, no peca; mas el nacimiento que tiene de Dios, le guarda, y el maligno no le toca.
Protestant
RV1909 Reina-Valera 1909
Sabemos que cualquiera que es nacido de Dios, no peca; mas el que es engendrado de Dios, se guarda á sí mismo, y el maligno no le toca.
ONBV Biblica Open New Living Bible (Nueva Biblia Viva 2008)
Nadie que forme parte de la familia de Dios peca de manera habitual, porque Cristo, el Hijo de Dios, lo tiene bien agarrado y el diablo no puede echarle mano.
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PDT God's Word for You (Latin American Textual Bible)
Sabemos que todo el que fue engendrado por Dios no [tiene la práctica de ]pecar, pues lo guarda el que fue engendrado por Dios, y el maligno no se apodera de él.
Read in context · Palabra de Dios para ti © 2020 Asociación Bíblica Latinoamericana. Texto de eBible.org (https://ebible.org/spapddpt/), sin cambios. Licencia CC BY-SA 4.0.
Individual translator
VBL Free Bible Version (Spanish)
Reconocemos que los que nacen de Dios no siguen pecando más. El Hijo de Dios los protege y el diablo no puede hacerles daño.
Read in context · Versión Biblia Libre. Copyright © 2018-2020 Jonathan Gallagher y Shelly Barrios de Avila. Texto de eBible.org (https://ebible.org/spavbl/), sin cambios. Licencia CC BY-SA 4.0.
BES Bible in Simple Spanish (2026)
Sabemos que todo el que ha nacido de Dios no sigue pecando, sino que aquel que nació de Dios lo guarda, y el Maligno no lo toca.
Read in context · La Biblia en Español Sencillo, traducida y editada por Irma Flores (AudioBiblia.org).
Greek
Orthodox
PT1904 Patriarchal Text 1904 (accented, eBible edition)
Οἴδαμεν ὅτι πᾶς ὁ γεγεννημένος ἐκ τοῦ Θεοῦ οὐχ ἁμαρτάνει, ἀλλ᾽ ὁ γεννηθεὶς ἐκ τοῦ Θεοῦ τηρεῖ ἑαυτόν, καὶ ὁ πονηρὸς οὐχ ἅπτεται αὐτοῦ.
PT Patriarchal Text (Antoniades 1904/1912)
οιδαμεν οτι πας ο γεγεννημενος εκ του θεου ουχ αμαρτανει, αλλ ο γεννηθεις εκ του θεου τηρει εαυτον, και ο πονηρος ουχ απτεται αυτου.
Read in context · Patriarchal Text, Antoniades 1904/1912 edition, verified by Maurice A. Robinson and Jussi Ala-Konni (https://github.com/byztxt/greektext-antoniades). Public domain.
Individual translator
TR Textus Receptus (Boyd collation)
Οἴδαμεν ὅτι πᾶς ὁ γεγεννημένος ἐκ τοῦ Θεοῦ οὐχ ἁμαρτάνει· ἀλλ᾿ ὁ γεννηθεὶς ἐκ τοῦ Θεοῦ τηρεῖ ἑαυτόν, καὶ ὁ πονηρὸς οὐχ ἅπτεται αὐτοῦ.
Scholarly edition
RP2018 Byzantine Textform (Robinson-Pierpont 2018)
οιδαμεν οτι πασ ο γεγεννημενοσ εκ του θεου ουχ αμαρτανει αλλ ο γεννηθεισ εκ του θεου τηρει εαυτον και ο πονηροσ ουχ απτεται αυτου
Nestle 1904 Nestle Greek New Testament (1904)
Οἴδαμεν ὅτι πᾶς ὁ γεγεννημένος ἐκ τοῦ Θεοῦ οὐχ ἁμαρτάνει, ἀλλ’ ὁ γεννηθεὶς ἐκ τοῦ Θεοῦ τηρεῖ αὐτόν, καὶ ὁ πονηρὸς οὐχ ἅπτεται αὐτοῦ.
SBLGNT SBL Greek New Testament
Οἴδαμεν ὅτι πᾶς ὁ γεγεννημένος ἐκ τοῦ θεοῦ οὐχ ἁμαρτάνει, ἀλλʼ ὁ γεννηθεὶς ἐκ τοῦ θεοῦ τηρεῖ ⸀αὐτόν καὶ ὁ πονηρὸς οὐχ ἅπτεται αὐτοῦ.
Read in context · The Greek New Testament: SBL Edition. Copyright 2010 by the Society of Biblical Literature and Logos Bible Software. Text from eBible.org (https://ebible.org/grcsbl/), unaltered. Licensed CC BY 4.0.
Latin
Catholic
VUL Clementine Vulgate
Scimus quia omnis qui natus est ex Deo, non peccat: sed generatio Dei conservat eum, et malignus non tangit eum.
Church Slavonic
Orthodox
Slavonic Church Slavonic Bible (Elizabeth Bible)
Вѣ́мы, ꙗ҆́кѡ всѧ́къ рожде́нный ѿ бг҃а не согрѣша́етъ: но рожде́нный ѿ бг҃а блюде́тъ себѐ, и҆ лꙋка́вый не прикаса́етсѧ є҆мꙋ̀.
Read in context · Church Slavonic text: Ponomar Project (github.com/typiconman/ponomar), © 2006–2018 Aleksandr Andreev and others, licensed under the GNU General Public License v3 or later. Changes for this site (2026-10-18): lectionary pericope markers, marginal glosses and the closing note of Genesis removed, Psalm verses renumbered to the Russian Synodal numbering, joined verses noted; the words are unchanged.
Russian
Orthodox
Synodal Russian Synodal Bible (1876)
Мы знаем, что всякий, рожденный от Бога, не грешит; но рожденный от Бога хранит себя, и лукавый не прикасается к нему.
Greek (modern)
Individual translator
Vamvas Modern Greek Bible: Vamvas (1850)
Εξεύρομεν ότι πας ο γεννηθείς εκ του Θεού δεν αμαρτάνει, αλλ' όστις εγεννήθη εκ του Θεού φυλάττει αυτόν, και ο πονηρός δεν εγγίζει αυτόν.
Serbian
Individual translator
DK Serbian Bible: Daničić–Karadžić (Cyrillic)
Знамо да ниједан који је рођен од Бога, не греши, него који је рођен од Бога чува се, и нечастиви не дохвата се до њега.
DK latinica Serbian Bible: Daničić–Karadžić (Latin script)
Znamo da nijedan koji je rođen od Boga, ne greši, nego koji je rođen od Boga čuva se, i nečastivi ne dohvata se do njega.
Arabic
Protestant
SVD Arabic Bible: Smith–Van Dyck (1865)
نَعْلَمُ أَنَّ كُلَّ مَنْ وُلِدَ مِنَ ٱللهِ لَا يُخْطِئُ، بَلِ ٱلْمَوْلُودُ مِنَ ٱللهِ يَحْفَظُ نَفْسَهُ، وَٱلشِّرِّيرُ لَا يَمَسُّهُ.
Not in these translations (5)
Brenton, LXXUP, JPS, LXX, WLC