Joh 3:5, 1Cor 6:11, Eph 5:26, Tit 3:5, Heb 10:22 | ISV | STEP | Jesus answered, “Truly, truly I tell you, unless a person is born of water and Spirit he cannot enter the kingdom of God.

John 3:5

5 Jesus answered, “Truly, truly I tell you, unless a person is born of water and Spirit he cannot enter the kingdom of God. ^{▼▼Other mss. read of heaven}Mark 16:16; Acts 2:38

1 Corinthians 6:11

11 That is what some of you were! But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ and in ^{▼▼Or by} the Spirit of our God.1Cor 1:30; 12:2; Eph 2:2; 4:22; 5:8; Col 3:7; Titus 3:3; Heb 10:22

Ephesians 5:26

26 so that he might make it holy by cleansing it, washing it with water and the word,John 3:5; 15:3; 17:17; Titus 3:5; Heb 10:22; 1John 5:6

Titus 3:5

5 ‘Twas not for deeds that we had done,John 3:3, 5; Rom 3:20; 9:11; 11:6; Gal 2:16; Eph 2:4, 8-9, 5; 5:26; 2Tim 1:9; 1Pet 3:21

But by his steadfast love ^{▼▼Or his mercy} alone,

He saved us through a second birth,

Renewed us by the Spirit's ^{▼▼Lit. the Holy Spirit's} work,

Hebrews 10:22

22 let us continue to come near with sincere hearts in full assurance of faith, because our hearts have been sprinkled clean from an evil conscience and our bodies have been washed with pure water.Ezek 36:25; 2Cor 7:1; Eph 3:12; Heb 4:16; 9:14; James 1:6; 1John 3:21