²³ being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by [the] living and abiding word of God.

22 And he shewed me a river of water of life, bright as crystal, going out of the throne of God and of the Lamb.

⁵ Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except any one be born of water and of Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.

²⁶ in order that he might sanctify it, purifying [it] by the washing of water by [the] word,