Those are not attributes you can attain on your own; they can only be achieved by the Holy Spirit's regenerating

saved us through the washing of rebirth and renewal by the Holy Spirit, 6 whom he poured out on us generously new life through the Holy Spirit, and He even holds in check the behavior of those who haven't been regenerated

He has regenerated your heart so that you now truly want to live for Him.

Peter here isn't pitting the work of Jesus against the regenerating work of the Holy Spirit, who turned

saved us through the washing of rebirth and renewal by the Holy Spirit, 6  whom he poured out on us generously This was that 'born again' moment in which you were regenerated , in which your heart of unbelieving

the shrewd desires of your sinful nature, be sure to utilize the new heart/mind that the Spirit has regenerated

He then demonstrates what a regenerated person's life looks like after being baptized into Christ, even

  With many other words he warned them; and he pleaded with them, “Save yourselves from this corrupt generation the Holy Spirit takes those convicting words and uses them to cut to the heart - the first step in regeneration

walk in the dark, it's referencing people with spiritual blindness, whose eyes haven't been opened (regenerated

But to those whom God has chosen to spiritually regenerate recognize the unsurpassed beauty of godly