Bible Verses About Salvation & the New Birth
Salvation is God’s work from first to last — he gives new birth, makes us a new creation, and grants eternal life. Whoever believes in him shall not perish, but have eternal life. These verses trace what it means to be saved and made new.
If you declare with your lips that Jesus is Lord, and in your heart believe that God raised him from the dead, then you will be saved.
Jesus answered him, “Truly, truly, I tell you, unless someone is born from above, they cannot see the kingdom of God.”
So if anyone is in Christ, that person is part of a new creation. The old things have gone, and look, new things have come into being.
For God’s love for the world was such that he gave his one and only Son, so that everyone who believes in him may not perish but have eternal life.
For it is by this grace that you have been saved, through faith. None of this comes from you; it is God’s gift.
Truly, truly, I tell you, anyone who hears my word and believes the one who sent me has eternal life. Such a person does not come under condemnation, but has already moved out of death into life.
If you declare with your lips that Jesus is Lord, and in your heart believe that God raised him from the dead, then you will be saved. For people believe with the heart, and this leads to righteousness; they confess with the mouth, and this leads to salvation.
Go in through the narrow gate. The gate that leads to destruction is wide and the road to it is easy, and many go in that way. But the gate that leads to life is narrow and the road is hard, and only a few find it.
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! Out of his great mercy he has given us a new birth. Through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead he has brought us into a hope that is alive,
He has rescued us from the power of darkness and brought us into the kingdom of the Son he loves.
Anyone who believes in the Son has eternal life, but anyone who refuses to obey the Son will not see life. Instead, the wrath of God remains on them.”
For he says, “At a time of favor I answered you; on a day of salvation I came to your aid.” Look: the time of favor is here now. Look: the day of salvation is here now.