¹² Yet to all who did receive him, to those who believed^(A) in his name,^(B) he gave the right to become children of God^(C)—

¹⁴ For those who are led by the Spirit of God^(A) are the children of God.^(B)

¹⁹ For the creation waits in eager expectation for the children of God^(A) to be revealed.

⁹ No one who is born of God^(A) will continue to sin,^(B) because God’s seed^(C) remains in them; they cannot go on sinning, because they have been born of God. ¹⁰ This is how we know who the children of God^(D) are and who the children of the devil^(E) are: Anyone who does not do what is right is not God’s child, nor is anyone who does not love^(F) their brother and sister.^(G)

⁷ Those who are victorious^(A) will inherit all this, and I will be their God and they will be my children.^(B)