New Birth
doctrineThe Spirit's regenerating work by which a person becomes a new creation — born from above and adopted into God's family.
Not just a list of verses — a map of how ideas in Scripture connect and lead to each other.
Follow the flow
New Birth connects to different paths in Scripture:
New Birth arises from Salvation and Holy Spirit, and leads to Sanctification.
Reading Path
Follow this theme through Scripture — one verse per step, in theological order.
“For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:”Ephesians 2:8 →
“And have put on the new man, which is renewed in knowledge after the image of him that created him:”Colossians 3:10 →
“I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.”Galatians 2:20 →
“But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord.”2 Corinthians 3:18 →
Relationships
Anchor Scriptures 20 verses
“Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me.”
Read in context →“A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you: and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you an heart of flesh.”
Read in context →“And have put on the new man, which is renewed in knowledge after the image of him that created him:”
Read in context →“Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost;”
Read in context →“Of his own will begat he us with the word of truth, that we should be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures.”
Read in context →“Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which liveth and abideth for ever.”
Read in context →“As newborn babes, desire the sincere milk of the word, that ye may grow thereby:”
Read in context →“If ye know that he is righteous, ye know that every one that doeth righteousness is born of him.”
Read in context →“Whosoever is born of God doth not commit sin; for his seed remaineth in him: and he cannot sin, because he is born of God.”
Read in context →“Whosoever believeth that Jesus is the Christ is born of God: and every one that loveth him that begat loveth him also that is begotten of him.”
Read in context →“And that ye put on the new man, which after God is created in righteousness and true holiness.”
Read in context →“For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.”
Read in context →“Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.”
Read in context →“Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.”
Read in context →“Knowing that Christ being raised from the dead dieth no more; death hath no more dominion over him.”
Read in context →“And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.”
Read in context →“Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.”
Read in context →“For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision availeth any thing, nor uncircumcision, but a new creature.”
Read in context →“For whatsoever is born of God overcometh the world: and this is the victory that overcometh the world, even our faith.”
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