Bible verses on new birth

Here are some Bible verses that speak to the concept of new birth:

  1. John 3:3-7 - "Jesus answered, 'Very truly I tell you, no one can see the kingdom of God unless they are born again.' 'How can someone be born when they are old?' Nicodemus asked. 'Surely they cannot enter a second time into their mother's womb to be born again.' Jesus replied, 'Very truly I tell you, no one can enter the kingdom of God unless they are born of water and the Spirit. Flesh gives birth to flesh, but the Spirit gives birth to spirit.'"
  2. John 1:13 - "To all who did receive him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God—children born not of natural descent, nor of human decision or a husband's will, but born of God."
  3. Titus 3:5 - "He saved us, not because of righteous things we had done, but because of his mercy. He saved us through the washing of rebirth and renewal by the Holy Spirit, whom he poured out on us generously through Jesus Christ our Savior."
  4. Ephesians 2:10 - "For we are God's handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do."
  5. Colossians 3:10 - "And have put on the new self, which is being renewed in knowledge in the image of its Creator."
  6. 2 Corinthians 5:17 - "Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: The old has gone, the new is here!"
  7. Galatians 6:15 - "Neither circumcision nor uncircumcision means anything; what counts is a new creation."
  8. Romans 6:4 - "We were therefore buried with him through baptism into death in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, we too may live a new life."
  9. 1 Peter 1:23 - "For you have been born again, not of perishable seed, but of imperishable, through the living and enduring word of God."
  10. James 1:18 - "He chose to give us birth—through the word of truth—that we might be a kind of firstfruits of all he created."

These verses highlight the idea that salvation is not just a change of heart, but a complete transformation that results in a new creation, a new birth, and a new life in Christ.