Regeneration

not by works done in righteousness, which we did ourselves, but according to his mercy he saved us, through the washing of regeneration and renewing of the Holy Spirit,

A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you; and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you a heart of flesh.

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

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.

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

Whosoever is begotten of God doeth no sin, because his seed abideth in him: and he cannot sin, because he is begotten of God.

Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth him that sent me, hath eternal life, and cometh not into judgment, but hath passed out of death into life.

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

for by grace have ye been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God;

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

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

And Jesus said unto them, Verily I say unto you, that ye who have followed me, in the regeneration when the Son of man shall sit on the throne of his glory, ye also shall sit upon twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.

Whosoever believeth that Jesus is the Christ is begotten of God: and whosoever loveth him that begat loveth him also that is begotten of him.

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

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

Now the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him; and he cannot know them, because they are spiritually judged.

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

The wind bloweth where it will, and thou hearest the voice thereof, but knowest not whence it cometh, and whither it goeth: so is every one that is born of the Spirit.

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

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

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,

And such were some of you: but ye were washed, but ye were sanctified, but ye were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, and in the Spirit of our God.

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

We know that we have passed out of death into life, because we love the brethren. He that loveth not abideth in death.

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.

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.

being confident of this very thing, that he who began a good work in you will perfect it until the day of Jesus Christ:

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

I have been crucified with Christ; and it is no longer I that live, but Christ liveth in me: and that life which I now live in the flesh I live in faith, the faith which is in the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself up for me.

If ye know that he is righteous, ye know that every one also that doeth righteousness is begotten of him.

knowing this, that our old man was crucified with him, that the body of sin might be done away, that so we should no longer be in bondage to sin;

and have put on the new man, that is being renewed unto knowledge after the image of him that created him:

for by grace have ye been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God; — read the full passage →

For in one Spirit were we all baptized into one body, whether Jews or Greeks, whether bond or free; and were all made to drink of one Spirit.

For ye received not the spirit of bondage again unto fear; but ye received the spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father.

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

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.

And I will give them one heart, and I will put a new spirit within you; and I will take the stony heart out of their flesh, and will give them a heart of flesh; — read the full passage →

But we received, not the spirit of the world, but the spirit which is from God; that we might know the things that were freely given to us of God.

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

And I will give them one heart, and I will put a new spirit within you; and I will take the stony heart out of their flesh, and will give them a heart of flesh;

Create in me a clean heart, O God; And renew a right spirit within me.

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;

according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, in sanctification of the Spirit, unto obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ: Grace to you and peace be multiplied.

that he might sanctify it, having cleansed it by the washing of water with the word,

So belief cometh of hearing, and hearing by the word of Christ.

Be sober, be watchful: your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:

And because ye are sons, God sent forth the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, crying, Abba, Father.

Or know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with men, — read the full passage →

Wash me thoroughly from mine iniquity, And cleanse me from my sin.

We know that whosoever is begotten of God sinneth not; but he that was begotten of God keepeth himself, and the evil one toucheth him not.

if so be that ye heard him, and were taught in him, even as truth is in Jesus: — read the full passage →

But of him are ye in Christ Jesus, who was made unto us wisdom from God, and righteousness and sanctification, and redemption:

We reckon therefore that a man is justified by faith apart from the works of the law.

And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus, and thou shalt be saved, thou and thy house.

but like as he who called you is holy, be ye yourselves also holy in all manner of living; — read the full passage →

For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel After those days, saith the Lord; I will put my laws into their mind, And on their heart also will I write them: And I will be to them a God, And they shall be to me a people:

For as touching those who were once enlightened and tasted of the heavenly gift, and were made partakers of the Holy Spirit, — read the full passage →

Now he that wrought us for this very thing is God, who gave unto us the earnest of the Spirit.

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

In this the children of God are manifest, and the children of the devil: whosoever doeth not righteousness is not of God, neither he that loveth not his brother.

And ye know that he was manifested to take away sins; and in him is no sin.

as newborn babes, long for the spiritual milk which is without guile, that ye may grow thereby unto salvation;

which is an earnest of our inheritance, unto the redemption of God’s own possession, unto the praise of his glory.

whom the heaven must receive until the times of restoration of all things, whereof God spake by the mouth of his holy prophets that have been from of old.

The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show unto his servants, even the things which must shortly come to pass: and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John;

even when we were dead through our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ (by grace have ye been saved),

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

And I will give them a heart to know me, that I am Jehovah: and they shall be my people, and I will be their God; for they shall return unto me with their whole heart.

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;

And be not fashioned according to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is the good and acceptable and perfect will of God.

and raised us up with him, and made us to sit with him in the heavenly places, in Christ Jesus:

For neither is circumcision anything, nor uncircumcision, but a new creature.

Already ye are clean because of the word which I have spoken unto you.

Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth hath eternal life.

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. — read the full passage →

And they shall be my people, and I will be their God: — 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.

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

Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots? then may ye also do good, that are accustomed to do evil.

Ho, every one that thirsteth, come ye to the waters, and he that hath no money; come ye, buy, and eat; yea, come, buy wine and milk without money and without price. — read the full passage →

Wherefore when he cometh into the world, he saith, Sacrifice and offering thou wouldest not, But a body didst thou prepare for me;

for ye are yet carnal: for whereas there is among you jealousy and strife, are ye not carnal, and do ye not walk after the manner of men?

and I will make an everlasting covenant with them, that I will not turn away from following them, to do them good; and I will put my fear in their hearts, that they may not depart from me.

and said, Verily I say unto you, Except ye turn, and become as little children, ye shall in no wise enter into the kingdom of heaven.

And they shall teach no more every man his neighbor, and every man his brother, saying, Know Jehovah; for they shall all know me, from the least of them unto the greatest of them, saith Jehovah: for I will forgive their iniquity, and their sin will I remember no more.

Having therefore these promises, beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all defilement of flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.

Either make the tree good, and its fruit good; or make the tree corrupt, and its fruit corrupt: for the tree is known by its fruit. — read the full passage →

For the word of God is living, and active, and sharper than any two-edged sword, and piercing even to the dividing of soul and spirit, of both joints and marrow, and quick to discern the thoughts and intents of the heart.

And he that was sown upon the good ground, this is he that heareth the word, and understandeth it; who verily beareth fruit, and bringeth forth, some a hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty.

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

And I will pour upon the house of David, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and of supplication; and they shall look unto me whom they have pierced; and they shall mourn for him, as one mourneth for his only son, and shall be in bitterness for him, as one that is in bitterness for his first-born.

For of his fulness we all received, and grace for grace.

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;

let us draw near with a true heart in fulness of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience: and having our body washed with pure water,

seeing that his divine power hath granted unto us all things that pertain unto life and godliness, through the knowledge of him that called us by his own glory and virtue;

Wherefore I make known unto you, that no man speaking in the Spirit of God saith, Jesus is anathema; and no man can say, Jesus is Lord, but in the Holy Spirit.

if ye have tasted that the Lord is gracious:

My brethren, if any among you err from the truth, and one convert him;