⁹ Those who have been born into God’s family do not make a practice of sinning, because God’s life^[a] is in them. So they can’t keep on sinning, because they are children of God.

¹⁸ We know that God’s children do not make a practice of sinning, for God’s Son holds them securely, and the evil one cannot touch them.

²³ For you have been born again, but not to a life that will quickly end. Your new life will last forever because it comes from the eternal, living word of God.

¹³ They are reborn—not with a physical birth resulting from human passion or plan, but a birth that comes from God.

²⁹ Since we know that Christ is righteous, we also know that all who do what is right are God’s children.