12 Bible Verses about New Birth, Evidenced By

Whosoever believeth that Jesus is the Messiah, is born of God: and every one that loves the father, will likewise be affected with love to his son.

since you know that God is the source of virtue, you know that every one who has virtue, derives it from him.

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

but the fruit of the spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, sweetness of disposition, beneficence, faithfulness, meekness, temperance: against such there is no law.

Social affection is patient, is kind; is a stranger to envy; is not insolently vain, nor arrogant: does not behave indecently, is not self-interested, is not easily provoked, nor suspects any ill; it does not countenance injustice, but smiles upon virtue;read more.
it excuses all things, believes what is favourable, hopes for the best, and suffers the worst. Social affection will never fail: but as for prophecies, they shall be out of use; as for languages, they shall cease; as for knowledge, it shall vanish away.

which is without any mixture, and will make you thrive. Since you have tasted how good the Lord is,

you were heretofore altogether in the dark, but now being enlightned by the Lord, behave as children of light:

for the time past of your lives may suffice, to have liv'd in conformity to the Gentile customs, in impurity, licentiousness, sottishness, in dissolute festivals, and the criminal rites of idolaters.

But fornication, and all impurity, or inordinate desire, let it not be approved by you, as being unworthy of christians: neither ribaldry,

by this mutual love shall all men know that you are my disciples.

my dear children, let not our love be only in the language of our lips, but in the real effects of the heart.

where they resided a whole year with that church, and instructed abundance of disciples, and these disciples were the first that were denominated Christians.