The act by which a person is born again. Baptism is called the “washing of regeneration” (Titus 3: 5), because through it one’s sins are washed away and one becomes renewed through the Holy Spirit. See also Matt. 19: 28; John 1: 13; John 3: 3-5; Eph. 4: 22-24; 1 Pet. 1: 3.