But to all those who accepted him and trusted in him, he gave the right to become God's children.
These are the children born not in the usual way, not as the result of human desire or a father's decision, but born of God.
“I tell you the truth,” Jesus replied, “Unless you are reborn, you can't experience God's kingdom.”
“How can you be reborn when you're old?” Nicodemus asked. “You can't go back into your mother's womb and be born a second time!”
“I tell you the truth, you can't enter God's kingdom unless you are born of water and the Spirit,” Jesus told him.
“What's born of the body is body, and what's born of the Spirit is Spirit.
Don't be surprised at my telling you, ‘You must be reborn.’
Now that you've dedicated yourselves by following the truth, love each other sincerely like a true family.
You've been born again, not the product of a mortal “seed,” but immortal, through the living, eternal word of God.
Everyone who is born of God defeats the world. The way we gain victory and defeat the world is by trusting God.