James 1:18
Of his own accord he brought us into being through the message of truth, so that we might be a kind of first-fruits among his creatures.
1 Peter 1:23
for you have been born anew from a germ not perishable, but imperishable, through the message of the living, everlasting God.
John 1:13
owing their birth not to nature nor to any human or physical impulse, but to God.
Revelation 14:4
They are the men who have not been defiled by relations with women; they are celibates. It is they who follow the Lamb wherever he goes. They have been ransomed from among men as the first-fruits for God and the Lamb,
Ephesians 1:12
to win praise for his glory, by having been the first to believe in Christ.
1 Peter 1:3
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! In his great mercy he has caused us to be born anew to a life of hope through Jesus Christ's resurrection from the dead,
John 3:3-5
Jesus answered him, "I tell you, no one can see the Kingdom of God unless he is born over again from above!"
Romans 4:17
as the Scripture says, "I have made you the father of many nations." The promise is guaranteed in the very sight of God in whom he had faith, who can bring the dead to life and call into being what does not exist.
Romans 8:29-31
For those whom he had marked out from the first he predestined to be made like his Son, so that he should be the eldest of many brothers;
Romans 9:15-18
He said to Moses, "I will have mercy on the man on whom I choose to have mercy, and take pity on the man on whom I choose to take pity."
1 Corinthians 4:15
For no matter how many guides you may have in the Christian life, you will not have many fathers; for in this matter of union with Christ, I became your father, through preaching the good news to you.
Ephesians 2:4-5
But God is so rich in mercy that because of the great love he had for us,
Colossians 1:20-21
and through him to reconcile to God all things on earth or in heaven, making this peace through his blood shed on the cross.
2 Thessalonians 2:13-14
We always have to thank God for you, brothers whom the Lord so loves, because God chose you from the beginning to be saved through consecration by the Spirit and through faith in the truth,
Hebrews 12:23
to the solemn gathering of all God's elder sons, enrolled as citizens in heaven, to a judge who is the God of all, to the spirits of upright men now at last enjoying the fulfilment of their hopes,
James 1:21
So strip yourselves of everything that soils you, and of every evil growth, and in a humble spirit let the message that has the power to save your souls be planted in your hearts.
1 John 3:9
No one who is a child of God commits sin, for God's nature remains in his heart, and he cannot sin, because he is a child of God.