"That which is born of the flesh is flesh,
and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit."
John 3:6
You are now being persecuted by those who want you to keep the law, just as Ishmael, the child born by flesh, persecuted Isaac, the child born by the power of the Spirit (Galatians 4:29).
"Do not marvel that I said to you, `You must be born anew.' The wind blows where it wills, and you hear the sound of it, but you do not know whence it comes or whither it goes; so it is with every one who is born of the Spirit." (John 3:7-8)
"Unless one is born of water and the Spirit,
he cannot enter the kingdom of God."
John 3:5