John 3:6

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Summary

John 3:6

That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.

Born of the flesh

General references

Mark 10:15

1 Corinthians 6:17

Bible References

Born of the flesh

When Adam had lived one hundred and thirty years, he became the father of a son in his own likeness, according to his image, and named him Seth.

Then the Lord saw that the wickedness of man was great on the earth, and that every intent of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.

“Who can make the clean out of the unclean?
No one!

“What is man, that he should be pure,
Or he who is born of a woman, that he should be righteous?

“How then can a man be just with God?
Or how can he be clean who is born of woman?

Create in me a clean heart, O God,

And renew a steadfast spirit within me.

For while we were in the flesh, the sinful passions, which were aroused by the Law, were at work in the members of our body to bear fruit for death.

Therefore there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.

The first man is from the earth,

earthy; the second man is from heaven.

Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creature; the old things passed away; behold, new things have come.

But I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not carry out the desire of the flesh.

Among them we too all formerly lived in the lusts of our flesh, indulging the desires of the flesh and of the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, even as the rest.

and in Him you were also circumcised with a circumcision made without hands, in the removal of the body of the flesh by the circumcision of Christ;

General references

Truly I say to you, whoever does not receive the kingdom of God like a child will not enter it at all.”

But the one who joins himself to the Lord is one spirit with Him.