Blessed is the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who begot us again according to his abundant mercy for a living hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,

as newborn babes, long for the genuine intellectual milk, so that ye may grow by it,

Every man who has been begotten of God is not doing sin, because his seed abides in him, and he cannot sin, because he has been begotten of God.

Beloved, we should love each other. Because love is of God, and every man who loves has been begotten of God, and knows God.

Every man who believes that Jesus is the Christ has been begotten from God, and every man who loves him who begot, also loves him who has been begotten from him.

Nor of the will of the

And the children struggled together within her. And she said, If it be so, why do I live? And she went to inquire of LORD.

And make savory food for me, such as I love, and bring it to me, that I may eat, that my soul may bless thee before I die.

And not only so, but also Rebecca having bed from one man, our father Isaac

Nor of the will of man

Thy people offer themselves willingly in the day of thy power, in holy array. Out of the womb of the morning thou have the dew of thy youth.

I say the truth in Christ, I do not lie, my conscience testifying to me in the Holy Spirit,

Brothers, truly my heart's desire and my supplication to God for Israel is for salvation.

I planted, Apollos watered, but God caused growth.

For it is God who works in you both to desire and to work for approval.

Having deliberated, he begot us by the word of truth for us to be a certain first fruit of his creatures.

Of god

That which is begotten from the flesh is flesh, and that which is begotten from the Spirit is spirit.

he saved us, not of works in righteousness that we did, but according to his mercy through the washing of regeneration and renewing of the Holy Spirit,

And now, little children, abide in him, so that when he is made known, we may have confidence, and not be shamed by him at his coming.

General references

For not even his brothers believed in him.

He who is of God hears the sayings of God. Because of this ye do not hear, because ye are not of God.

So then it is not of him who wills, nor of him who runs, but of God who is merciful.

For ye are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus.