So then, from now on be obedient to the LORD and stop being stubborn.

Keep your covenant with me, your LORD, and dedicate yourselves to me, you people of Judah and Jerusalem. If you don't, my anger will burn like fire because of the evil things you have done. It will burn, and there will be no one to put it out."

(SEE 9:25)

I will give them a single purpose in life: to honor me for all time, for their own good and the good of their descendants.

I will give them a new heart and a new mind. I will take away their stubborn heart of stone and will give them an obedient heart.

Then they will keep my laws and faithfully obey all my commands. They will be my people, and I will be their God.

I will give you a new heart and a new mind. I will take away your stubborn heart of stone and give you an obedient heart.

I will put my spirit in you and will see to it that you follow my laws and keep all the commands I have given you.

Jesus answered, "I am telling you the truth: no one can see the Kingdom of God without being born again."

"I am telling you the truth," replied Jesus, "that no one can enter the Kingdom of God without being born of water and the Spirit.

Do not be surprised because I tell you that you must all be born again.

After all, who is a real Jew, truly circumcised? It is not the man who is a Jew on the outside, whose circumcision is a physical thing.

Rather, the real Jew is the person who is a Jew on the inside, that is, whose heart has been circumcised, and this is the work of God's Spirit, not of the written Law. Such a person receives praise from God, not from human beings.

And this is how all Israel will be saved. As the scripture says, "The Savior will come from Zion and remove all wickedness from the descendants of Jacob.

Anyone who is joined to Christ is a new being; the old is gone, the new has come.

In union with Christ you were circumcised, not with the circumcision that is made by human beings, but with the circumcision made by Christ, which consists of being freed from the power of this sinful self.

Love the LORD your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your strength.

But I show my love to thousands of generations of those who love me and obey my laws.

Jesus answered, " 'Love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.'

We know that in all things God works for good with those who love him, those whom he has called according to his purpose.

But the person who loves God is known by him.

Happy are those who remain faithful under trials, because when they succeed in passing such a test, they will receive as their reward the life which God has promised to those who love him.

Listen, my dear friends! God chose the poor people of this world to be rich in faith and to possess the kingdom which he promised to those who love him.

Dear friends, let us love one another, because love comes from God. Whoever loves is a child of God and knows God.

And we ourselves know and believe the love which God has for us. God is love, and those who live in love live in union with God and God lives in union with them.

There is no fear in love; perfect love drives out all fear. So then, love has not been made perfect in anyone who is afraid, because fear has to do with punishment.

For our love for God means that we obey his commands. And his commands are not too hard for us,

because every child of God is able to defeat the world. And we win the victory over the world by means of our faith.