Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except one be born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God!
because by the works of the law shall no flesh be justified in his sight; for through the law (cometh) the knowledge of sin.
For being ignorant of God's righteousness, and seeking to establish their own, they did not subject themselves to the righteousness of God.
for by grace have ye been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, (it is) the gift of God;
not of works, that no man should glory.
that he might sanctify it, having cleansed it by the washing of water with the word,