What Does the Bible Say About Spiritual Rebirth?

2 Corinthians 5:17 ESV / 18 helpful votes

Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come.

John 3:3 ESV / 11 helpful votes

Jesus answered him, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born again he cannot see the kingdom of God.”

Ephesians 4:4-6 ESV / 10 helpful votes

There is one body and one Spirit—just as you were called to the one hope that belongs to your call— one Lord, one faith, one baptism, one God and Father of all, who is over all and through all and in all.

1 Peter 1:23 ESV / 8 helpful votes

Since you have been born again, not of perishable seed but of imperishable, through the living and abiding word of God;

John 3:5-6 ESV / 8 helpful votes

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.

John 3:1-36 ESV / 8 helpful votes

Now there was a man of the Pharisees named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews. This man came to Jesus by night and said to him, “Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher come from God, for no one can do these signs that you do unless God is with him.” Jesus answered him, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born again he cannot see the kingdom of God.” Nicodemus said to him, “How can a man be born when he is old? Can he enter a second time into his mother's womb and be born?” Jesus answered, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God. ...

Matthew 25:31-46 ESV / 8 helpful votes

“When the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, then he will sit on his glorious throne. Before him will be gathered all the nations, and he will separate people one from another as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats. And he will place the sheep on his right, but the goats on the left. Then the King will say to those on his right, ‘Come, you who are blessed by my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world. For I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me drink, I was a stranger and you welcomed me, ...

1 Peter 1:3 ESV / 7 helpful votes

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,

1 Corinthians 3:16 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Do you not know that you are God's temple and that God's Spirit dwells in you?

John 3:5 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Jesus answered, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God.

John 1:13 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Who were born, not of blood nor of the will of the flesh nor of the will of man, but of God.

Matthew 28:19 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,

1 Peter 2:9 ESV / 4 helpful votes

But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for his own possession, that you may proclaim the excellencies of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light.

Ephesians 1:13 ESV / 4 helpful votes

In him you also, when you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation, and believed in him, were sealed with the promised Holy Spirit,

1 Corinthians 15:50 ESV / 4 helpful votes

I tell you this, brothers: flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God, nor does the perishable inherit the imperishable.

Hebrews 9:27 ESV / 3 helpful votes

And just as it is appointed for man to die once, and after that comes judgment,

Ephesians 2:8-9 ESV / 3 helpful votes

For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, not a result of works, so that no one may boast.

1 Corinthians 15:21 ESV / 3 helpful votes

For as by a man came death, by a man has come also the resurrection of the dead.

Romans 6:23 ESV / 3 helpful votes

For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Acts 16:33 ESV / 3 helpful votes

And he took them the same hour of the night and washed their wounds; and he was baptized at once, he and all his family.

John 3:6 ESV / 3 helpful votes

That which is born of the flesh is flesh, and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.

Ezekiel 36:25 ESV / 3 helpful votes

I will sprinkle clean water on you, and you shall be clean from all your uncleannesses, and from all your idols I will cleanse you.

1 John 2:29 ESV / 2 helpful votes

If you know that he is righteous, you may be sure that everyone who practices righteousness has been born of him.

James 3:6 ESV / 2 helpful votes

And the tongue is a fire, a world of unrighteousness. The tongue is set among our members, staining the whole body, setting on fire the entire course of life, and set on fire by hell.

James 1:18 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Of his own will he brought us forth by the word of truth, that we should be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures.

2 Timothy 3:15 ESV / 2 helpful votes

And how from childhood you have been acquainted with the sacred writings, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus.

1 Corinthians 15:45 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Thus it is written, “The first man Adam became a living being”; the last Adam became a life-giving spirit.

1 Corinthians 15:44 ESV / 2 helpful votes

It is sown a natural body; it is raised a spiritual body. If there is a natural body, there is also a spiritual body.

Romans 9:16 ESV / 2 helpful votes

So then it depends not on human will or exertion, but on God, who has mercy.

John 3:22 ESV / 2 helpful votes

After this Jesus and his disciples went into the Judean countryside, and he remained there with them and was baptizing.

John 3:16 ESV / 2 helpful votes

“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.

John 3:3-5 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Jesus answered him, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born again he cannot see the kingdom of God.” Nicodemus said to him, “How can a man be born when he is old? Can he enter a second time into his mother's womb and be born?” Jesus answered, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God.

1 Corinthians 15:53 ESV / 1 helpful vote

For this perishable body must put on the imperishable, and this mortal body must put on immortality.

1 Corinthians 15:22 ESV / 1 helpful vote

For as in Adam all die, so also in Christ shall all be made alive.

34 Bible Verses about Spiritual Rebirth

2 Corinthians 5:17 ESV / 18 helpful votes

John 3:3 ESV / 11 helpful votes

Ephesians 4:4-6 ESV / 10 helpful votes

1 Peter 1:23 ESV / 8 helpful votes

John 3:5-6 ESV / 8 helpful votes

John 3:1-36 ESV / 8 helpful votes

Matthew 25:31-46 ESV / 8 helpful votes

1 Peter 1:3 ESV / 7 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 3:16 ESV / 5 helpful votes

John 3:5 ESV / 5 helpful votes

John 1:13 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Matthew 28:19 ESV / 5 helpful votes

1 Peter 2:9 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Ephesians 1:13 ESV / 4 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 15:50 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Hebrews 9:27 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Ephesians 2:8-9 ESV / 3 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 15:21 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Romans 6:23 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Acts 16:33 ESV / 3 helpful votes

John 3:6 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Ezekiel 36:25 ESV / 3 helpful votes

1 John 2:29 ESV / 2 helpful votes

James 3:6 ESV / 2 helpful votes

James 1:18 ESV / 2 helpful votes

2 Timothy 3:15 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 15:45 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 15:44 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Romans 9:16 ESV / 2 helpful votes

John 3:22 ESV / 2 helpful votes

John 3:16 ESV / 2 helpful votes

John 3:3-5 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 15:53 ESV / 1 helpful vote

1 Corinthians 15:22 ESV / 1 helpful vote

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34 Bible Verses about Spiritual Rebirth

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2 Corinthians 5:17 ESV / 18 helpful votes

John 3:3 ESV / 11 helpful votes

Ephesians 4:4-6 ESV / 10 helpful votes

1 Peter 1:23 ESV / 8 helpful votes

John 3:5-6 ESV / 8 helpful votes

John 3:1-36 ESV / 8 helpful votes

Matthew 25:31-46 ESV / 8 helpful votes

1 Peter 1:3 ESV / 7 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 3:16 ESV / 5 helpful votes

John 3:5 ESV / 5 helpful votes

John 1:13 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Matthew 28:19 ESV / 5 helpful votes

1 Peter 2:9 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Ephesians 1:13 ESV / 4 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 15:50 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Hebrews 9:27 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Ephesians 2:8-9 ESV / 3 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 15:21 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Romans 6:23 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Acts 16:33 ESV / 3 helpful votes

John 3:6 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Ezekiel 36:25 ESV / 3 helpful votes

1 John 2:29 ESV / 2 helpful votes

James 3:6 ESV / 2 helpful votes

James 1:18 ESV / 2 helpful votes

2 Timothy 3:15 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 15:45 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 15:44 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Romans 9:16 ESV / 2 helpful votes

John 3:22 ESV / 2 helpful votes

John 3:16 ESV / 2 helpful votes

John 3:3-5 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 15:53 ESV / 1 helpful vote

1 Corinthians 15:22 ESV / 1 helpful vote