Joh 1:13, 3:3-8, Jam 1:18, 1Pe 1:23, 2:2, 1Jo 2:29, 3:9, 4:7, 5:1, 4, 18 | ESV | STEP | who were born , not of blood nor of the will of the flesh nor of the will of man , but of God .

John 1:13

13 who ^awere born, ^bnot of blood ^cnor of the will of the flesh nor of the will of man, but of God.

John 3:3-8

3 Jesus answered him, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is ^dborn ^eagain ^{▼▼Or from above; the Greek is purposely ambiguous and can mean both again and from above; also verse 7} he cannot ^gsee the kingdom of God.” 4 Nicodemus said to him, “How can a man be born when he is old? Can he enter a second time into his mother’s womb and be born?” 5 Jesus answered, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born ^hof water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God. 6 ⁱThat which is born of the flesh is ^jflesh, and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit. ^{▼▼The same Greek word means both wind and spirit} 7 ^lDo not marvel that I said to you, ‘You ^{▼▼The Greek for you is plural here} must be born ⁿagain.’ 8 ^oThe wind ^{▼▼The same Greek word means both wind and spirit} blows ^qwhere it wishes, and you hear its sound, but you do not know where it comes from or where it goes. So it is with everyone who is born of the Spirit.”

James 1:18

18 ^rOf his own will he ^sbrought us forth by the word of truth, ^tthat we should be a kind of ^ufirstfruits of his creatures.

1 Peter 1:23

23 ^vsince you have been born again, ^wnot of perishable seed but of imperishable, through ^xthe living and abiding word of God;

1 Peter 2:2

2 ^yLike newborn infants, long for the pure spiritual ^zmilk, that by it you may grow up into salvation—

1 John 2:29

29 If you know that ^aahe is righteous, you may be sure that ^abeveryone who practices righteousness has been born of him.

1 John 3:9

9 ^acNo one born of God makes a practice of sinning, for God’s ^{▼▼Greek his} seed abides in him, and he cannot keep on sinning, because he has been born of God.

1 John 4:7

God Is Love

7 Beloved, ^aelet us love one another, for love is from God, and ^afwhoever loves has been born of God and knows God.

1 John 5:1

Overcoming the World

1 ^agEveryone who believes that ^ahJesus is the Christ has been born of God, and ^aieveryone who loves the Father loves whoever has been born of him.

1 John 5:4

4 For ^ajeveryone who has been born of God overcomes the world. And this is the victory that has overcome the world— ^akour faith.

1 John 5:18

18 We know that ^aleveryone who has been born of God does not keep on sinning, but ^amhe who was born of God ^anprotects him, and the evil one does not touch him.