Origen, on 1John 3:9

“Whosoever is born of God, committeth not sin: for his seed abideth in him, and he can not sin, because he is born of God.”

“When we are persuaded by the devil to sin, we receive his seed. But when we go on to complete the work which he urged, then he has begotten us, for through sin we are born to him as children.”

Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.