Thou shouldest not wonder that I said to thee, Ye must be born from above.
What is man that he will be clean? and that he will be just, being born of woman?
If I spake to you earthly things, and ye believe not, how, if I speak to you heavenly things, will ye believe
Jesus answered and said to him, Amen, amen, I say to thee, Except any one be born from above, he cannot see the kingdom of God.
That born of flesh is flesh; and that born of the Spirit is spirit.
The wind, where it wills, blows, and its voice thou hearest, but thou knowest not whence it comes, and where it goes: so is every one having been born of the Spirit.
Wonder not at this: for the hour comes, in which all they in the tombs shall hear his voice, and shall go forth;
Returning thanks to the Father, having rendered us fitting for the portion of the lot of the holy in light:
Follow peace with all, and consecration, without which none shall see the Lord:
Having purified your souls in the hearing of the truth by the Spirit to unfeigned brotherly love, out of pure hearts love ye one another cordially:
And there came not into her anything common, and any doing abomination, and a lie: but they written in the book of life of the Lamb.