15 Bible Verses about Birth, Spiritual

"In truth I tell you," exclaimed Jesus, "unless a man is reborn, he cannot see the Kingdom of God."

"In truth I tell you," answered Jesus, "unless a man owes his birth to Water and Spirit, he cannot enter the Kingdom of God. All that owes its birth to human nature is human, and all that owes its birth to the Spirit is spiritual. Do not wonder at my telling you that you all need to be reborn.read more.
The wind blows where it wills, and you can hear the sound of it, but you do not know whence it comes, or where it goes; it is the same with every one that owes his birth to the Spirit."

"I tell you, unless you change and become like little children, you will not enter the Kingdom of Heaven at all.

But to all who did receive him he gave power to become Children of God--to those who believe in his Name. For not to natural conception, nor to human instincts, nor to will of man did they owe the new Life, but to God.

Blessed is the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has, in his great mercy, through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,

like newly born infants, crave pure spiritual milk, so that you may be enabled by it to grow till you attain Salvation--

since your new Life has come, not from perishable, but imperishable, seed, through the Message of the Everliving God.

At that same time, moved to exultation by the Holy Spirit, Jesus said: "I thank thee, Father, Lord of Heaven and earth, that, though thou hast hidden these things from the wise and learned, thou hast revealed them to the childlike! Yes, Father, I thank thee that this has seemed good to thee.

not as the result of any righteous actions that we had done, but in fulfillment of his merciful purposes. He saved us by that Washing which was a New Birth to us, and by the renewing power of the Holy Spirit,

Because he so willed, he gave us Life, through the Message of the Truth, so that we should be, as it were, an earnest of still further creations.

No one who has received the new Life from God lives sinfully, because the very nature of God dwells within him; and he cannot live in sin, because he has received the new Life from God.

Dear friends, let us love one another, because Love comes from God; and every one who loves has received the new Life from God and knows God.

Therefore, any one who will humble himself like this child-- that man shall be the greatest in the Kingdom of Heaven.

Knowing him to be righteous, you realize that every one who lives righteously has received the new Life from him.

For to love God is to lay his commands to heart; and his commands are not burdensome, because all that has received the new Life from God conquers the world. And this is the power that has conquered the world--our faith!