Ephesians 1:7-17 7 For by the blood of Christ we are set free, that is, our sins are forgiven. How great is the grace of God, New International Version 1peter 1:23 For you have been born again, not of perishable seed, but of imperishable, through the living and enduring word of God. The Birth of Jesus Foretold Luke(1:26) 26 In the sixth month of Elizabeth’s pregnancy, God sent the angel Gabriel to Nazareth, a town in Galilee, 27 to a virgin pledged to be married to a man named Joseph, a descendant of David. The virgin’s name was Mary. 28 The angel went to her and said, “Greetings, you who are highly favored! The Lord is with you.”