John 3:3
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3 Jesus replied, “I tell you the truth, unless you are born again,[a] you cannot see the Kingdom of God.”
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2 Corinthians 5:17
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17 This means that anyone who belongs to Christ has become a new person. The old life is gone; a new life has begun!
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John 3:5-6
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5 Jesus replied, “I assure you, no one can enter the Kingdom of God without being born of water and the Spirit.[a] 6 Humans can reproduce only human life, but the Holy Spirit gives birth to spiritual life.[b]
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1 Peter 1:23-25
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23 For you have been born again, but not to a life that will quickly end. Your new life will last forever because it comes from the eternal, living word of God. 24 As the Scriptures say,
“People are like grass;
their beauty is like a flower in the field.
The grass withers and the flower fades.
25 But the word of the Lord remains forever.”[a]
And that word is the Good News that was preached to you.
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1 John 3:9
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9 Those who have been born into God’s family do not make a practice of sinning, because God’s life[a] is in them. So they can’t keep on sinning, because they are children of God.
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- 3:9 Greek because his seed.
1 John 5:1
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Faith in the Son of God
5 Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ[a] has become a child of God. And everyone who loves the Father loves his children, too.
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- 5:1 Or the Messiah.
Titus 3:5
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5 he saved us, not because of the righteous things we had done, but because of his mercy. He washed away our sins, giving us a new birth and new life through the Holy Spirit.[a]
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- 3:5 Greek He saved us through the washing of regeneration and renewing of the Holy Spirit.
John 1:13
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13 They are reborn—not with a physical birth resulting from human passion or plan, but a birth that comes from God.
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1 John 2:29
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29 Since we know that Christ is righteous, we also know that all who do what is right are God’s children.
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1 Peter 1:3
New Living Translation
The Hope of Eternal Life
3 All praise to God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. It is by his great mercy that we have been born again, because God raised Jesus Christ from the dead. Now we live with great expectation,
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Galatians 6:15
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15 It doesn’t matter whether we have been circumcised or not. What counts is whether we have been transformed into a new creation.
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1 John 5:18
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18 We know that God’s children do not make a practice of sinning, for God’s Son holds them securely, and the evil one cannot touch them.
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2 Corinthians 4:4
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4 Satan, who is the god of this world, has blinded the minds of those who don’t believe. They are unable to see the glorious light of the Good News. They don’t understand this message about the glory of Christ, who is the exact likeness of God.
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John 12:40
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40 “The Lord has blinded their eyes
and hardened their hearts—
so that their eyes cannot see,
and their hearts cannot understand,
and they cannot turn to me
and have me heal them.”[a]
Ephesians 2:1
New Living Translation
Made Alive with Christ
2 Once you were dead because of your disobedience and your many sins.
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Matthew 13:11-16
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11 He replied, “You are permitted to understand the secrets[a] of the Kingdom of Heaven, but others are not. 12 To those who listen to my teaching, more understanding will be given, and they will have an abundance of knowledge. But for those who are not listening, even what little understanding they have will be taken away from them. 13 That is why I use these parables,
For they look, but they don’t really see.
They hear, but they don’t really listen or understand.
14 This fulfills the prophecy of Isaiah that says,
‘When you hear what I say,
you will not understand.
When you see what I do,
you will not comprehend.
15 For the hearts of these people are hardened,
and their ears cannot hear,
and they have closed their eyes—
so their eyes cannot see,
and their ears cannot hear,
and their hearts cannot understand,
and they cannot turn to me
and let me heal them.’[b]
16 “But blessed are your eyes, because they see; and your ears, because they hear.
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- 13:11 Greek the mysteries.
- 13:14-15 Isa 6:9-10 (Greek version).
James 1:17-18
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17 Whatever is good and perfect is a gift coming down to us from God our Father, who created all the lights in the heavens.[a] He never changes or casts a shifting shadow.[b] 18 He chose to give birth to us by giving us his true word. And we, out of all creation, became his prized possession.[c]
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John 1:5
New Living Translation
5 The light shines in the darkness,
and the darkness can never extinguish it.[a]
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- 1:5 Or and the darkness has not understood it.
Matthew 5:18
New Living Translation
18 I tell you the truth, until heaven and earth disappear, not even the smallest detail of God’s law will disappear until its purpose is achieved.
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Jeremiah 5:21
New Living Translation
21 Listen, you foolish and senseless people,
with eyes that do not see
and ears that do not hear.
2 Corinthians 1:19-20
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19 For Jesus Christ, the Son of God, does not waver between “Yes” and “No.” He is the one whom Silas,[a] Timothy, and I preached to you, and as God’s ultimate “Yes,” he always does what he says. 20 For all of God’s promises have been fulfilled in Christ with a resounding “Yes!” And through Christ, our “Amen” (which means “Yes”) ascends to God for his glory.
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- 1:19 Greek Silvanus.
Deuteronomy 29:4
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4 But to this day the Lord has not given you minds that understand, nor eyes that see, nor ears that hear!
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John 1:51
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51 Then he said, “I tell you the truth, you will all see heaven open and the angels of God going up and down on the Son of Man, the one who is the stairway between heaven and earth.[a]”
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- 1:51 Greek going up and down on the Son of Man; see Gen 28:10-17. “Son of Man” is a title Jesus used for himself.
Matthew 16:17
New Living Translation
17 Jesus replied, “You are blessed, Simon son of John,[a] because my Father in heaven has revealed this to you. You did not learn this from any human being.
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Revelation 3:14
New Living Translation
The Message to the Church in Laodicea
14 “Write this letter to the angel of the church in Laodicea. This is the message from the one who is the Amen—the faithful and true witness, the beginning[a] of God’s new creation:
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- 3:14 Or the ruler, or the source.
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