"Thus it is clearly seen that birth according to the flesh carries with it no prerogative, not even in the case of Isaac; for everything depends on the promise. But the promise can be accepted solely by faith. So far as birth according to the flesh is concerned, we are all born in sin. Hence those who are to be saved must be born again through water, that is, through Baptism, not through circumcision, and through the Spirit, who kindles faith in the promise and thus frees and saves from sin."
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