Do not be surprised that I said to you, ‘You all must be born from above.’
“What is man, that he could be pure, or one born of woman, that he could be righteous?
If you do not believe the earthly things I told you, how will you believe when I tell you about heavenly things?
Yeshua answered him, “Amen, amen I tell you, unless one is born from above, he cannot see the kingdom of God.”
What is born of the flesh is flesh, and what is born of the Spirit is spirit.
The wind blows where 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 born of the Spirit.”
“Do not be amazed at this, for an hour is coming when all who are in their graves will hear His voice
we give thanks to the Father, who qualified you to share in the inheritance of the kedoshim in the light.
Pursue shalom with everyone, and the holiness without which no one will see the Lord.
Now that you have purified your souls in obedience to the truth, leading to sincere brotherly love, love one another fervently from a pure heart.
And nothing unholy shall ever enter it, nor anyone doing what is detestable or false, but only those written in the Book of Life.