THE WORD GIVES BIRTH AND LIFE

NEW BIRTH

1 Peter 1:22 LEB

Having purified your souls by your obedience to the truth for sincere brotherly love, love one another fervently from the heart,

NEW BIRTH PRODUCES NEW LOVE/PURE LOVE

1Timothy1:5 “But the goal of our instruction is love from a pure heart and a good conscience and a faith without hypocrisy,”

KJV ADDS THROUGH THE SPIRIT

1 Peter 1:23 “because you have been born again, not from perishable seed but imperishable, through the living and enduring word of God.”

Romans 10:17 “Consequently, faith comes by hearing, and hearing through the word about Christ.”

Titus 3:5 “he saved us, not by deeds of righteousness that we have done, but because of his mercy, through the washing of regeneration and renewal by the Holy Spirit,”

James 1:18 “By his will he gave birth to us through the message of truth, so that we should be a kind of first fruits of his creatures.”

Hebrews 4:12 “For the word of God is living and active and sharper than any double-edged sword, and piercing as far as the division of soul and spirit, both joints and marrow, and able to judge the reflections and thoughts of the heart.”