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

and envies, and all evil-speakings, as new-born babes desire that rational milk which is without guile, that ye may grow thereby:

Whosoever is born of God doth not practise sin, because his seed remaineth in him: and he cannot sin, because he is born of God.

Beloved, let us love one another: for love is from 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, that loveth Him that begat, loveth Him also that is begotten of Him:

Nor of the will of the

and not to her only; but Rebecca also being with child by our father Isaac,

Nor of the will of man

I say the truth in Christ, I lye not, (my conscience bearing me witness in the holy Ghost,)

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

I have planted, Apollos watered: but God gave the increase.

for it is God that worketh in you both to will, and to work, out of his own good-pleasure.

who hath of his own will begotten 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 for works of righteousness which we had done, but according to his own mercy He saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the holy Spirit;

And now, little children, abide, I say, in Him; that, when He shall appear, we may have confidence, and may not be ashamed before Him at his coming.

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For neither did his brethren believe in Him.

He, that is of God, receiveth the words of God; but ye therefore receive them not, because ye are not of God.

So then it is not of him that willeth, nor of him that runneth, but of God that sheweth mercy.

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