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Regeneration

The new birth — God's act of giving spiritual life to the dead, making a person a new creation (John 3:3; Titus 3:5).

Not To Be Confused With

Regeneration is God's work of imparting new life (being “born again”); conversion is the human side (repentance and faith). Traditions debate their order and regeneration's link to baptism.

“You must be born again” (John 3). Regeneration is monergistic in the Reformed account (God acts alone to raise the dead), cooperative in others; it is tied closely to baptism in sacramental traditions (baptismal regeneration) and distinguished from it in others.

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Regeneration — Definition | Theologos Media