29 If you know that he is righteous, you may be sure that ^feveryone who practices righteousness has been ^gborn of him.

9 No one born of God makes a practice of sinning, for God’s¹ seed abides in him; and he cannot keep on sinning, because he has been born of God.

7 Beloved, let us love one another, for love is from God, and whoever loves has been ^yborn of God and knows God.

1 ^mEveryone who believes that ⁿJesus is the Christ has been born of God, and ^oeveryone who ^ploves the Father loves whoever has been born of him.

4 For everyone who has been born of God ^tovercomes the world. And this is the victory that has overcome the world—our faith.

18 We know that ^geveryone who has been born of God does not keep on sinning, but he who was born of God protects him, and the evil one does not touch him.