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John 3:5-6
Jesus answered,“ Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God.That which is born of the flesh is flesh, and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.
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2 Corinthians 5 17
Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come.
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1 Peter 1 23-1 Peter 1 25
since you have been born again, not of perishable seed but of imperishable, through the living and abiding word of God;for“ All flesh is like grass and all its glory like the flower of grass. The grass withers, and the flower falls,but the word of the Lord remains forever.” And this word is the good news that was preached to you.
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1John 3:9
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1 John 5 1
Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ has been born of God, and everyone who loves the Father loves whoever has been born of him.
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John 1:13
who were born, not of blood nor of the will of the flesh nor of the will of man, but of God.
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Titus 3:5
he saved us, not because of works done by us in righteousness, but according to his own mercy, by the washing of regeneration and renewal of the Holy Spirit,
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1 John 2 29
If you know that he is righteous, you may be sure that everyone who practices righteousness has been born of him.
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Galatians 6:15
For neither circumcision counts for anything, nor uncircumcision, but a new creation.
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2 Corinthians 4 4
In their case the god of this world has blinded the minds of the unbelievers, to keep them from seeing the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God.
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1 Peter 1 3
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! According to his great mercy, he has caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,
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1John 5:18
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John 12:40
“ He has blinded their eyes and hardened their heart, lest they see with their eyes, and understand with their heart, and turn, and I would heal them.”
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Ephesians 2:1
And you were dead in the trespasses and sins
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Matthew 13:11-16
And he answered them,“ To you it has been given to know the secrets of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it has not been given.For to the one who has, more will be given, and he will have an abundance, but from the one who has not, even what he has will be taken away.This is why I speak to them in parables, because seeing they do not see, and hearing they do not hear, nor do they understand.Indeed, in their case the prophecy of Isaiah is fulfilled that says:“‘“ You will indeed hear but never understand, and you will indeed see but never perceive.”For this people’s heart has grown dull, and with their ears they can barely hear, and their eyes they have closed, lest they should see with their eyes and hear with their ears and understand with their heart and turn, and I would heal them.’But blessed are your eyes, for they see, and your ears, for they hear.
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John 1:5
The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.
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James 1:17-18
Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shadow due to change.Of his own will he brought us forth by the word of truth, that we should be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures.
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2 Corinthians 1 19-2 Corinthians 1 20
For the Son of God, Jesus Christ, whom we proclaimed among you, Silvanus and Timothy and I, was not Yes and No, but in him it is always Yes.For all the promises of God find their Yes in him. That is why it is through him that we utter our Amen to God for his glory.
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Jeremiah 5:21
“ Hear this, O foolish and senseless people, who have eyes, but see not, who have ears, but hear not.
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Matthew 16:17
And Jesus answered him,“ Blessed are you, Simon Bar-Jonah! For flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but my Father who is in heaven.
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Matthew 5:18
For truly, I say to you, until heaven and earth pass away, not an iota, not a dot, will pass from the Law until all is accomplished.
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John 1:51
And he said to him,“ Truly, truly, I say to you, you will see heaven opened, and the angels of God ascending and descending on the Son of Man.”
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Deuteronomy 29:4
But to this day the Lord has not given you a heart to understand or eyes to see or ears to hear.
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Revelation 3:14
“ And to the angel of the church in Laodicea write:‘ The words of the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of God’s creation.
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James 3:17
But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, open to reason, full of mercy and good fruits, impartial and sincere.