Rebirth

Jesus replied, “Truly I tell you, unless someone is born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.”

Jesus answered, “Truly I tell you, unless someone is born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God.

Whatever is born of the flesh is flesh, and whatever is born of the Spirit is spirit.

Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has passed away, and see, the new has come!

I am sure of this, that he who started a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus.

he saved us  —not by works of righteousness that we had done, but according to his mercy  — through the washing of regeneration and renewal by the Holy Spirit.

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. Because of his great mercy he has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead

because you have been born again  — not of perishable seed but of imperishable — through the living and enduring word of God.

Like newborn infants, desire the pure milk of the word, so that you may grow up into your salvation,

Dear friends, let us love one another, because love is from God, and everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God.

because everyone who has been born of God conquers the world. This is the victory that has conquered the world: our faith.