New Birth

Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except one be born anew, he cannot see the kingdom of God.

Wherefore if any man is in Christ, he is a new creature: the old things are passed away; behold, they are become new.

Blessedbethe God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to his great mercy begat us again unto a living hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, — read the full passage →

having been begotten again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, through the word of God, which liveth and abideth.

Now there was a man of the Pharisees, named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews: — read the full passage →

And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to the whole creation. — read the full passage →

After these things came Jesus and his disciples into the land of Judæa; and there he tarried with them, and baptized. — read the full passage →

And Peter said unto them, Repent ye, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ unto the remission of your sins; and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. — read the full passage →

but if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus his Son cleanseth us from all sin.

If we confess our sins, he is faithful and righteous to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

Because Christ also suffered for sins once, the righteous for the unrighteous, that he might bring us to God; being put to death in the flesh, but made alive in the spirit; — read the full passage →

But that ye may know that the Son of man hath authority on earth to forgive sins (then saith he to the sick of the palsy), Arise, and take up thy bed, and go unto thy house. — read the full passage →

And Peter said unto them, Repent ye, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ unto the remission of your sins; and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.

If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.

For the wages of sin is death; but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye must be born anew.

Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except one be born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.

The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some count slackness; but is longsuffering to you-ward, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.

When therefore it was evening, on that day, the firstdayof the week, and when the doors were shut where the disciples were, for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood in the midst, and saith unto them, Peace be unto you. — read the full passage →

whereby he hath granted unto us his precious and exceeding great promises; that through these ye may become partakers of the divine nature, having escaped from the corruption that is in the world by lust.

And youdid he make alive, when ye were dead through your trespasses and sins,

Now unto him that is able to guard you from stumbling, and to set you before the presence of his glory without blemish in exceeding joy, — read the full passage →

which also after a true likeness doth now save you, even baptism, not the putting away of the filth of the flesh, but the interrogation of a good conscience toward God, through the resurrection of Jesus Christ;

Him who knew no sin he made to be sin on our behalf; that we might become the righteousness of God in him.

But unto the married I give charge, yea not I, but the Lord, That the wife depart not from her husband — read the full passage →

And in none other is there salvation: for neither is there any other name under heaven, that is given among men, wherein we must be saved.

And this is life eternal, that they should know thee the only true God, and him whom thou didst send, even Jesus Christ.

Jesus answered them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Every one that committeth sin is the bondservant of sin.

It is the spirit that giveth life; the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I have spoken unto you are spirit, and are life.

This is the bread which cometh down out of heaven, that a man may eat thereof, and not die. — read the full passage →

But the Pharisees and the lawyers rejected for themselves the counsel of God, being not baptized of him.

The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God.

Give diligence to present thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, handling aright the word of truth.

And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God:

The thief cometh not, but that he may steal, and kill, and destroy: I came that they may have life, and may have it abundantly.

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth on him should not perish, but have eternal life.

The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God. — read the full passage →

But seek ye first his kingdom, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.

Then cometh Jesus from Galilee to the Jordan unto John, to be baptized of him. — read the full passage →

Repent ye; for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.

And I will sprinkle clean water upon you, and ye shall be clean: from all your filthiness, and from all your idols, will I cleanse you. — read the full passage →

Be subject therefore unto God; but resist the devil, and he will flee from you.

Of his own will he brought us forth by the word of truth, that we should be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures.

being darkened in their understanding, alienated from the life of God, because of the ignorance that is in them, because of the hardening of their heart;

For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God afore prepared that we should walk in them.

in whom we have our redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of his grace,

Be not unequally yoked with unbelievers: for what fellowship have righteousness and iniquity? or what communion hath light with darkness? — read the full passage →

We were buried therefore with him through baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, so we also might walk in newness of life.

But God commendeth his own love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.

for all have sinned, and fall short of the glory of God;

And now why tarriest thou? arise, and be baptized, and wash away thy sins, calling on his name.

Let not your heart be troubled: believe in God, believe also in me. — read the full passage →

And the Word became flesh, and dwelt among us (and we beheld his glory, glory as of the only begotten from the Father), full of grace and truth.

He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that disbelieveth shall be condemned.

And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to the whole creation.

teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I commanded you: and lo, I am with you always, even unto the end of the world.

Go ye therefore, and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them into the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit:

But in the latter days it shall come to pass, that the mountain of Jehovah’s house shall be established on the top of the mountains, and it shall be exalted above the hills; and peoples shall flow unto it. — read the full passage →

And it shall come to pass afterward, that I will pour out my Spirit upon all flesh; and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams, your young men shall see visions: — read the full passage →

And in the days of those kings shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom which shall never be destroyed, nor shall the sovereignty thereof be left to another people; but it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it shall stand for ever.

The prophet that hath a dream, let him tell a dream; and he that hath my word, let him speak my word faithfully. What is the straw to the wheat? saith Jehovah.

so shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: it shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it.

The word that Isaiah the son of Amoz saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem. — read the full passage →

These things have I written unto you, that ye may know that ye have eternal life, even unto you that believe on the name of the Son of God.

and let us consider one another to provoke unto love and good works; — read the full passage →

For as touching those who were once enlightened and tasted of the heavenly gift, and were made partakers of the Holy Spirit,

Howbeit what things were gain to me, these have I counted loss for Christ. — read the full passage →

because the mind of the flesh is enmity against God; for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can it be:

If any man serve me, let him follow me; and where I am, there shall also my servant be: if any man serve me, him will the Father honor.

Now there was a man of the Pharisees, named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews:

And this is the witness of John, when the Jews sent unto him from Jerusalem priests and Levites to ask him, Who art thou? — read the full passage →

And one of the malefactors that were hanged railed on him, saying, Art not thou the Christ? save thyself and us. — read the full passage →

Now there were some present at that very season who told him of the Galilæans, whose blood Pilate had mingled with their sacrifices.

Now in the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Cæsar, Pontius Pilate being governor of Judæa, and Herod being tetrarch of Galilee, and his brother Philip tetrarch of the region of Ituræa and Trachonitis, and Lysanias tetrarch of Abilene, — read the full passage →

And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in the whole world for a testimony unto all the nations; and then shall the end come.

Therefore I say unto you, Be not anxious for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than the food, and the body than the raiment? — read the full passage →

and think not to say within yourselves, We have Abraham to our father: for I say unto you, that God is able of these stones to raise up children unto Abraham.

Repent ye; for the kingdom of heaven is at hand. — read the full passage →

Keep thy heart with all diligence; For out of it are the issues of life.