But to all who have received him – those who believe in his name – he has given the right to become God’s children
– children not born by human parents or by human desire or a husband’s decision, but by God.
Jesus replied, “I tell you the solemn truth, unless a person is born from above, he cannot see the kingdom of God.”
Nicodemus said to him, “How can a man be born when he is old? He cannot enter his mother’s womb and be born a second time, can he?”
Jesus answered, “I tell you the solemn truth, unless a person is born of water and spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God.
What is born of the flesh is flesh, and what is born of the Spirit is spirit.
Do not be amazed that I said to you, ‘You must all be born from above.’
You have purified your souls by obeying the truth in order to show sincere mutual love. So love one another earnestly from a pure heart.
You have been born anew, not from perishable but from imperishable seed, through the living and enduring word of God.
because everyone who has been fathered by God conquers the world.
This is the conquering power that has conquered the world: our faith.