John the evangelist in his first epistle links being born again to believing (1 John 5:1&4), as one would expect, but also to not committing sin (1 John 3:9 and 5:18), having the seed of God (1 John 3:9), doing righteousness (1 John 2:29), loving one another (1 John 4:7 and 5:1), loving God (1…