17 Therefore, if anyone is ⁱin Christ, he is ^ja new creation.^{1 k}The old has passed away; behold, the new has come.

15 For ^pneither circumcision counts for anything, nor uncircumcision, but ^qa new creation.

Born Again to a Living Hope

3 ^gBlessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! ^hAccording to his great mercy, ⁱhe has caused us to be born again to a living hope ^jthrough the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,

23 ^dsince you have been born again, ^enot of perishable seed but of imperishable, through ^fthe living and abiding word of God;