Joh 1:13, Gal 6:15, Tit 3:5, Jam 1:18, 1Pe 1:23, 1Jo 3:9 | ISV | STEP | who were born, not merely in a physical sense, or from a fleshly impulse, or from man's desire, but of God.

‏ John 1:13

13 who were born, not merely in a physical sense, ^{▼▼Lit. not of bloods} or from a fleshly impulse, or from man's desire, but of God.John 3:5; James 1:18; 1Pet 1:23

‏ Galatians 6:15

15 For neither circumcision nor uncircumcision matters. Rather, what matters is being ^{▼▼The Gk. lacks what matters is being} a new creation.1Cor 7:19; 2Cor 5:17; Gal 5:6; Col 3:11

‏ 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,

‏ James 1:18

18 In 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 1:23

23 For you have been born again, not by a seed that perishes but by one that cannot perish—by the living and everlasting word of God. ^{▼▼Or by the word of the living and everlasting God}John 1:13; 3:5; James 1:18; 1John 3:9

‏ 1 John 3:9

9 No one who has been born from God practices sin, because God's ^{▼▼Lit. his} seed abides in him. Indeed, he cannot go on sinning, because he has been born from God.1Pet 1:23; 1John 5:18