13 who were wborn, not of blood nor of the will of the flesh nor of the will of man, but of God.
3 Jesus answered him, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is jborn again1 he cannot see the kingdom of God.” 4 Nicodemus said to 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?” 5 Jesus answered, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born kof water and the Spirit, he cannot lenter the kingdom of God. 6 mThat which is born of the flesh is flesh, and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.2 7 nDo not marvel that I said to you, ‘You3 must be born again.’ 8 The wind4 blows where it wishes, and you hear its sound, but you do not know where it comes from or where it goes. So it is with everyone who is born of the Spirit.”
23 But the son of the slave was born according to the flesh, while gthe son of the free woman was born through promise.
Born Again to a Living Hope
3 fBlessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! According to his great mercy, he has caused us to be gborn again to a living hhope ithrough the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,
29 If you know that he is righteous, you may be sure that feveryone who practices righteousness has been gborn of him.
