Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, to the chosen ones who are living as strangers in the Dispersion in Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia,

 (i) The Christian rebirth happens by the will and by the act of God ( John 1:13; James 1:18). It is not something which a man achieves any more than he achieves his physical birth. 