John 3:3
3Jesus replied to him, “Truly, truly I tell you, unless a person is born from above ▼▼Or born again
he cannot see the kingdom of God.”John 1:13; Gal 6:15; Titus 3:5; James 1:18; 1Pet 1:23; 1John 3:9 John 3:5
5Jesus 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 15:20
20But at this moment Christ stands risen from the dead, the first one offered in the harvest ▼▼Lit. the first fruits
of those who have died. ▼▼Lit. have fallen asleep
Acts 26:23; 1Cor 15:23; Col 1:18; 1Pet 1:3; Rev 1:5 2 Corinthians 1:3
3The God of All ComfortBlessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! He is the Father of mercies and the God of all comfort,Eph 1:3; 1Pet 1:3Ephesians 1:3
3The Many Blessings of SalvationBlessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! He has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly realm,2Cor 1:3; 1Pet 1:31 Thessalonians 4:14
14For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so it is through Jesus that God will bring back with him those who have died.1Cor 15:13, 18, 23; 1Thes 3:13Titus 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, James 1:18
18In accordance with his will he made us his children by the word of truth, so that we might become the most important of his creatures. ▼▼Lit. a kind of first fruits among his creatures
Jer 2:3; John 1:13; 3:3; 1Cor 4:15; Eph 1:12; 1Pet 1:23; Rev 14:4 1 Peter 3:21
21Baptism, which is symbolized by that water, now saves you also, not by removing dirt from the body, but by asking God for a clear conscience based on the resurrection of Jesus Christ,Rom 10:10; Eph 5:26; Titus 3:5; 1Pet 1:3
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