John 3:3-7

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3} Jesus replied, “I assure you: Unless someone is born again,^(a)^(A) he cannot see the kingdom of God.”^(B)

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4} “But how can anyone be born when he is old?” Nicodemus asked Him. “Can he enter his mother’s womb a second time and be born?”

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5} Jesus answered, “I assure you: Unless someone is born^(C) of water and the Spirit,^(b)^(D) he cannot enter the kingdom of God. ^{Tools
6} Whatever is born of the flesh^(E) is flesh, and whatever is born of the Spirit^(F) is spirit. ^{Tools
7} Do not be amazed that I told you that you^(c) must be born^(G) again.

Footnotes:

a. John 3:3: The same Gk word can mean again or from above (also in v. 7).

b. John 3:5: Or spirit, or wind; the Gk word pneuma can mean wind, spirit, or Spirit, each of which occurs in this context.

c. John 3:7: The pronoun is pl in Gk.

Cross references:

A. John 3:3: 1 Peter 1:3; 1 John 2:29

B. John 3:3: Mark 1:15; Mark 9:1

C. John 3:5: Mark 9:43

D. John 3:5: Ezekiel 36:25-27; Acts 22:16

E. John 3:6: Philippians 3:3

F. John 3:6: John 1:33

G. John 3:7: 1 Peter 1:3