In a physical sense, we are born once through our parents. Spiritually, we are born again (or reborn) by the Holy Spirit, through Jesus.
Although used frequently in some circles, the phrase born again only occurs a few times in the Bible: John 3:3-4, John 3:7, 1 Peter 1:3, and 1 Peter 1:23.
Key verse about Born Again: For you have been born again, not of perishable seed, but of imperishable, through the living and enduring word of God (1 Peter 1:23, NIV).
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