⁴ But when the ^(A)kindness of ^(B)God our Savior and His love for mankind ^(C)appeared, ^5 (D)He saved us, ^(E)not on the basis of deeds which we did in righteousness, but ^(F)in accordance with His mercy, by the ^(G)washing of regeneration and ^(H)renewing by the Holy Spirit, ^6 (I)whom He ^(J)richly poured out upon us through Jesus Christ our Savior, ⁷ so that being justified by His grace we would be made ^(K)heirs ^[a]according to the hope of eternal life.

⁵ Jesus answered, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless someone is born of ^(A)water and the Spirit, he cannot enter ^(B)the kingdom of God. ^6 (C)That which has been born of the flesh is flesh, and that which has been born of the Spirit is spirit. ⁷ Do not be amazed that I said to you, ‘You must be born ^[a]again.’

^42 (A)So also is the resurrection of the dead. It is sown ^[a](B)a perishable body, it is raised ^[b](C)an imperishable body; ⁴³ it is sown in dishonor, it is raised in ^(D)glory; it is sown in weakness, it is raised in power; ⁴⁴ it is sown a ^(E)natural body, it is raised a ^(F)spiritual body. If there is a natural body, there is also a spiritual body. ⁴⁵ So also it is written: “The first ^(G)man, Adam, became a living ^[c]person.” The ^(H)last Adam was a ^(I)life-giving spirit. ⁴⁶ However, the spiritual is not first, but the natural; then the spiritual. ⁴⁷ The first man is ^(J)from the earth, ^[d](K)earthy; the second man is from heaven. ⁴⁸ As is the earthy one, so also are those who are earthy; and as is the heavenly one, ^(L)so also are those who are heavenly. ⁴⁹ Just as we have ^(M)borne the image of the earthy, ^[e]we ^(N)will also bear the image of the heavenly.