not because of works of righteousness that we did but according to his mercy, he saved us, through the washing of regeneration (palingenesias | παλιγγενεσίας | gen sg fem) and renewal of the Holy Spirit,
Jesus said to them, “I tell you the truth that in the new (palingenesia | παλιγγενεσίᾳ | dat sg fem) age (palingenesia | παλιγγενεσίᾳ | dat sg fem), when the Son of Man is seated on his glorious throne, you who have followed me will also sit on twelve thrones judging the twelve tribes of Israel.
for our struggle (palē | πάλη | nom sg fem) is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the world rulers of this darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms.
In speaking of a new covenant, he makes the first one obsolete (pepalaiōken | πεπαλαίωκεν | perf act ind 3 sg). And what is becoming obsolete (palaioumenon | παλαιούμενον | pres pass ptcp nom sg neut) and growing old is ready to disappear.
Sell your possessions and give alms. Make for yourselves moneybags that do (palaioumena | παλαιούμενα | pres pass ptcp acc pl neut) not wear (palaioumena | παλαιούμενα | pres pass ptcp acc pl neut) out, a treasure unfailing in heaven, where no thief comes near and no moth destroys.
But now we have been released from the law, having died to that which held us captive, so that we serve in newness of the Spirit and not under the old (palaiotēti | παλαιότητι | dat sg fem) written code.
Dear friends, it is not a new commandment that I write to you, but an old (palaian | παλαιάν | acc sg fem) commandment — one that you have had from the beginning. The old (palaia | παλαιά | nom sg fem) commandment is the message you have already heard.
