Rebirth

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

Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost;

Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.

And said, Verily I say unto you, Except ye be converted, and become as little children, ye shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven.

Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.

Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God. — read the full passage →

Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life.

He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned.

Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world.

For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: — read the full passage →

But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name:

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

For as many of you as have been baptized into Christ have put on Christ.

For the prophecy came not in old time by the will of man: but holy men of God spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost.

For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: — read the full passage →

Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God. — read the full passage →

Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world. Amen.

For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy,

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. — read the full passage →

But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves.

And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment:

Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which liveth and abideth for ever.

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which according to his abundant mercy hath begotten us again unto a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,

This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come. — read the full passage →

Now learn a parable of the fig tree; When his branch is yet tender, and putteth forth leaves, ye know that summer is nigh: — read the full passage →

For whatsoever is born of God overcometh the world: and this is the victory that overcometh the world, even our faith.

Knowing this first, that no prophecy of the scripture is of any private interpretation.

This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come.

Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils;

Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ:

For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.

These things have I spoken unto you in proverbs: but the time cometh, when I shall no more speak unto you in proverbs, but I shall shew you plainly of the Father.

Which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.

And the gospel must first be published among all nations.

And likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust one toward another; men with men working that which is unseemly, and receiving in themselves that recompence of their error which was meet.

As newborn babes, desire the sincere milk of the word, that ye may grow thereby:

For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first:

Then he said unto them, O fools, and slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken:

Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost:

Shall I bring to the birth, and not cause to bring forth? saith the Lord: shall I cause to bring forth, and shut the womb? saith thy God.

And unto the angel of the church of the Laodiceans write; These things saith the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of the creation of God; — read the full passage →

I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending, saith the Lord, which is, and which was, and which is to come, the Almighty.

Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God.

Whosoever is born of God doth not commit sin; for his seed remaineth in him: and he cannot sin, because he is born of God.

Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved;)

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

For as the Father raiseth up the dead, and quickeneth them; even so the Son quickeneth whom he will.

And I will bring again the captivity of my people of Israel, and they shall build the waste cities, and inhabit them; and they shall plant vineyards, and drink the wine thereof; they shall also make gardens, and eat the fruit of them. — read the full passage →

And said to the mountains and rocks, Fall on us, and hide us from the face of him that sitteth on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb:

Rejoice evermore. — read the full passage →

Buried with him in baptism, wherein also ye are risen with him through the faith of the operation of God, who hath raised him from the dead.

For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure.

In whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his grace;

Knowing this, that our old man is crucified with him, that the body of sin might be destroyed, that henceforth we should not serve sin.

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. — read the full passage →

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

For the great day of his wrath is come; and who shall be able to stand?

For of this sort are they which creep into houses, and lead captive silly women laden with sins, led away with divers lusts,

And you, being dead in your sins and the uncircumcision of your flesh, hath he quickened together with him, having forgiven you all trespasses;

For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;

And great earthquakes shall be in divers places, and famines, and pestilences; and fearful sights and great signs shall there be from heaven.

I tell you that he will avenge them speedily. Nevertheless when the Son of man cometh, shall he find faith on the earth?

For with God nothing shall be impossible.

Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass, till all these things be fulfilled.

When ye therefore shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, stand in the holy place, (whoso readeth, let him understand:)

And thou shalt come up against my people of Israel, as a cloud to cover the land; it shall be in the latter days, and I will bring thee against my land, that the heathen may know me, when I shall be sanctified in thee, O Gog, before their eyes.

Therefore say unto the house of Israel, Thus saith the Lord God; I do not this for your sakes, O house of Israel, but for mine holy name’s sake, which ye have profaned among the heathen, whither ye went. — read the full passage →

And I saw an angel come down from heaven, having the key of the bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand. — read the full passage →

And there came one of the seven angels which had the seven vials, and talked with me, saying unto me, Come hither; I will shew unto thee the judgment of the great whore that sitteth upon many waters: — read the full passage →

The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John: — read the full passage →

Knowing this first, that there shall come in the last days scoffers, walking after their own lusts,

Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ;

And they shall turn away their ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto fables.

For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears;

Traitors, heady, highminded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God;

For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.

Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord.

For I am in a strait betwixt two, having a desire to depart, and to be with Christ; which is far better:

And you hath he quickened, who were dead in trespasses and sins;

I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.

We are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord.

In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.

Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed,

But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.

For this cause God gave them up unto vile affections: for even their women did change the natural use into that which is against nature:

Wherefore God also gave them up to uncleanness through the lusts of their own hearts, to dishonour their own bodies between themselves:

In my Father’s house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you.

No man can come to me, except the Father which hath sent me draw him: and I will raise him up at the last day.

He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life: and he that believeth not the Son shall not see life; but the wrath of God abideth on him.

The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the sound thereof, but canst not tell whence it cometh, and whither it goeth: so is every one that is born of the Spirit.

That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.

Nicodemus saith unto him, How can a man be born when he is old? can he enter the second time into his mother’s womb, and be born?

But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name: — read the full passage →

And Jesus said unto him, Verily I say unto thee, To day shalt thou be with me in paradise.

So likewise ye, when ye see these things come to pass, know ye that the kingdom of God is nigh at hand.

Even thus shall it be in the day when the Son of man is revealed.

Likewise also as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they builded;

There was a certain rich man, which was clothed in purple and fine linen, and fared sumptuously every day: — read the full passage →

The hand of the Lord was upon me, and carried me out in the spirit of the Lord, and set me down in the midst of the valley which was full of bones, — read the full passage →

Thou art my hiding place; thou shalt preserve me from trouble; thou shalt compass me about with songs of deliverance. Selah.