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John Chapter 3 003:001 Now there was a man of the Pharisees named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews.
003:002 The same came to him by night, and said to him, "Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher come from God, for no one can do these signs that you do, unless God is with him." 003:003 Jesus answered him, "Most certainly, I tell you, unless one is born anew,{The word translated "anew" here and in John 3:7 (anothen) also means "again" and "from above".} he can't see the Kingdom of God." 003:004 Nicodemus said to him, "How can a man be born when he is old?
Can he enter a second time into his mother's womb, and be born?" 003:005 Jesus answered, "Most certainly I tell you, unless one is born of water and spirit, he can't enter into the Kingdom of God! 003:006 That which is born of the flesh is flesh. That which is born of the Spirit is spirit.
003:007 Don't marvel that I said to you, 'You must be born anew.' 003:008 The wind{The same Greek word (pneuma) means wind, breath, and spirit.} blows where it wants to, and you hear its sound, but don't know where it comes from and where it is going. So is everyone who is born of the Spirit." 003:009 Nicodemus answered him, "How can these things be?" 003:010 Jesus answered him, "Are you the teacher of Israel, and don't understand these things?
003:011 Most certainly I tell you, we speak that which we know, and testify of that which we have seen, and you don't receive our witness. 003:012 If I told you earthly things and you don't believe, how will you believe if I tell you heavenly things? 003:013 No one has ascended into heaven, but he who descended out of heaven, the Son of Man, who is in heaven.
003:014 As Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of Man be lifted up, 003:015 that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life. 003:016 For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life. 003:017 For God didn't send his Son into the world to judge the world, but that the world should be saved through him. 003:018 He who believes in him is not judged.
He who doesn't believe has been judged already, because he has not believed in the name of the one and only Son of God. 003:019 This is the judgment, that the light has come into the world, and men loved the darkness rather than the light; for their works were evil. 003:020 For everyone who does evil hates the light, and doesn't come to the light, lest his works would be exposed.
003:021 But he who does the truth comes to the light, that his works may be revealed, that they have been done in God." 003:022 After these things, Jesus came with his disciples into the land of Judea. He stayed there with them, and baptized. 003:023 John also was baptizing in Enon near Salim, because there was much water there. They came, and were baptized. 003:024 For John was not yet thrown into prison. 003:025 There arose therefore a questioning on the part of John's disciples with some Jews about purification.
003:026 They came to John, and said to him, "Rabbi, he who was with you beyond the Jordan, to whom you have testified, behold, the same baptizes, and everyone is coming to him." 003:027 John answered, "A man can receive nothing, unless it has been given him from heaven.
003:028 You yourselves testify that I said, 'I am not the Christ,' but, 'I have been sent before him.' 003:029 He who has the bride is the bridegroom; but the friend of the bridegroom, who stands and hears him, rejoices greatly because of the bridegroom's voice. This, my joy, therefore is made full. 003:030 He must increase, but I must decrease. 003:031 He who comes from above is above all. He who is from the Earth belongs to the Earth, and speaks of the Earth. He who comes from heaven is above all.
003:032 What he has seen and heard, of that he testifies; and no one receives his witness. 003:033 He who has received his witness has set his seal to this, that God is true. 003:034 For he whom God has sent speaks the words of God; for God gives the Spirit without measure. 003:035 The Father loves the Son, and has given all things into his hand.
003:036 One who believes in the Son has eternal life, but one who disobeys{The same word can be translated "disobeys" or "disbelieves" in this context.} the Son won't see life, but the wrath of God remains on him."