Therefore, prepare your minds for action,{Literally, "gird up the loins of your mind"} be sober and set your hope fully on the grace that will be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ--

 (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. 