Whosoever is born of God does not commit sin; for his nature remains in him: and he cannot sin, because he is born of God.
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George Leo Haydock
AD 1849
He cannot sin, because he is born of God. The meaning of this can be no more, than that he cannot sin as long as the seed of grace remaineth in him, and as long as he is the adoptive son of God. But it is evident he may fall from this happy condition, and from the grace of God, otherwise St. John would not so often in this epistle have exhorted them not to sin. (Witham)
