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

and all evil-speakings, As new born babes desire the sincere milk of the word, that ye may grow thereby:

Whosoever is born of God doth not commit sin; for his seed abideth in him, and he cannot sin, because he is born of God.

Beloved, let us love one another; for love is of God, and every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God.

Whosoever believeth that Jesus is the Christ is born of God; and every one who loveth him that begat, loveth him also that is begotten of him.

Nor of the will of the

And not only this, but when Rebecca also had conceived by one man,

Nor of the will of man

I say the truth in Christ, I lie not; my conscience also bearing me witness in the Holy Ghost?

Brethren, the desire of my heart, and my prayer to God for Israel is, that they may be saved.

I planted, Apollos watered; but God gave the increase.

For it is God that worketh in you according to his good pleasure, both to will and to do.

Of his own will begat he us by the word of truth, that we might be a kind of first fruits of his creatures.

Of god

That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit, is spirit.

Not by works of righteousness which we had done, but according to his own mercy he saved us, by the laver of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost.

And now, beloved children, abide in him, that when he shall appear, we may have confidence, and not be ashamed before him at his coming.

General references

(For neither did his brethren believe on him.) Jesus saith to them, My time is not yet come: your time is always ready.

He that is of God, heareth God's words; ye therefore hear them not, because ye are not of God.

It is not therefore of him that willeth, nor of him that runneth, but of God that sheweth mercy.

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