John 1:13
-- children not born by human parents or by human desire or a husband's decision, but by God.
James 1:18
By his sovereign plan he gave us birth through the message of truth, that we would be a kind of firstfruits of all he created.
1 Peter 1:23
You have been born anew, not from perishable but from imperishable seed, through the living and enduring word of God.
1 John 3:9
Everyone who has been fathered by God does not practice sin, because God's seed resides in him, and thus he is not able to sin, because he has been fathered by God.
John 3:3
Jesus replied, "I tell you the solemn truth, unless a person is born from above, he cannot see the kingdom of God."
1 Peter 1:3
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! By his great mercy he gave us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,
Genesis 25:22
But the children struggled inside her, and she said, "If it is going to be like this, I'm not so sure I want to be pregnant!" So she asked the Lord,
Genesis 25:28
Isaac loved Esau because he had a taste for fresh game, but Rebekah loved Jacob.
Genesis 27:4
Then prepare for me some tasty food, the kind I love, and bring it to me. Then I will eat it so that I may bless you before I die."
Genesis 27:33
Isaac began to shake violently and asked, "Then who else hunted game and brought it to me? I ate all of it just before you arrived, and I blessed him. He will indeed be blessed!"
Psalm 110:3
Your people willingly follow you when you go into battle. On the holy hills at sunrise the dew of your youth belongs to you.
Matthew 3:9
and don't think you can say to yourselves, 'We have Abraham as our father.' For I tell you that God can raise up children for Abraham from these stones!
John 3:5-8
Jesus answered, "I tell you the solemn truth, unless a person is born of water and spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God.
John 8:33-41
"We are descendants of Abraham," they replied, "and have never been anyone's slaves! How can you say, 'You will become free'?"
Romans 9:1-5
I am telling the truth in Christ (I am not lying!), for my conscience assures me in the Holy Spirit --
Romans 9:7-16
nor are all the children Abraham's true descendants; rather "through Isaac will your descendants be counted."
Romans 10:1-3
Brothers and sisters, my heart's desire and prayer to God on behalf of my fellow Israelites is for their salvation.
1 Corinthians 3:6
I planted, Apollos watered, but God caused it to grow.
Philippians 2:13
for the one bringing forth in you both the desire and the effort -- for the sake of his good pleasure -- is God.
Titus 3:5
he saved us not by works of righteousness that we have done but on the basis of his mercy, through the washing of the new birth and the renewing of the Holy Spirit,
1 Peter 2:2
And yearn like newborn infants for pure, spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow up to salvation,
1 John 2:28-29
And now, little children, remain in him, so that when he appears we may have confidence and not shrink away from him in shame when he comes back.
1 John 4:7
Dear friends, let us love one another, because love is from God, and everyone who loves has been fathered by God and knows God.
1 John 5:1
Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ has been fathered by God, and everyone who loves the father loves the child fathered by him.
1 John 5:4
because This is the conquering power that has conquered the world: our faith.
1 John 5:18
We know that everyone fathered by God does not sin, but God protects the one he has fathered, and the evil one cannot touch him.