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To be born again, or to experience the new birth, is a phrase, particularly in evangelical Christianity, that refers to a "spiritual rebirth", or a regeneration of the human spirit.
While the exact Greek noun for 'rebirth' or 'regeneration' (Ancient Greek: παλιγγενεσία, romanized: palingenesia) appears just twice in the New Testament (Matthew 19:28 [4] and Titus 3:5), [5] regeneration in Christianity is held to represent a wider theme of re-creation and spiritual rebirth, [6] including the concept of "being ...
The fundamental requirement of Pentecostalism is that one be born again. [97] The new birth is received by the grace of God through faith in Christ as Lord and Savior. [98] In being born again, the believer is regenerated, justified, adopted into the family of God, and the Holy Spirit's work of sanctification is initiated. [99]
One of the earliest of the Church Fathers to enunciate clearly and unambiguously the doctrine of baptismal regeneration ("the idea that salvation happens at and by water baptism duly administered") was Cyprian (c. 200 – 258): "While he attributed all the saving energy to the grace of God, he considered the 'laver of saving water' the instrument of God that makes a person 'born again ...
Anabaptist belief emphasizes that sanctification is initiated by being born again by the Spirit of God and then practiced by following or being a disciple of Christ. The role of the Spirit, Word of God, suffering, self-denial as well as the community of believers in sanctification is also considered essential.
Matthew 2:9 is the ninth verse of the second chapter of the Gospel of Matthew in the New Testament. King Herod has dispatched the magi to Bethlehem to find the infant Jesus . In this verse they follow the Star of Bethlehem to find the infant.
[49] [50] The Book of Isaiah had been translated into Greek, [48] and from this translation, Matthew uses the Greek word παρθένος (parthenos), which does mean virgin, for the Hebrew עַלְמָה , which scholars agree signifies a girl of childbearing age without reference to virginity.
Matthew 2 is the second chapter of the Gospel of Matthew in the New Testament.It describes the events after the birth of Jesus, the visit of the magi and the attempt by King Herod to kill the infant messiah, Joseph and his family's flight into Egypt, and their later return to live in Israel, settling in Nazareth.