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John 3
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3NOW THERE was a certain man among the Pharisees named Nicodemus, a ruler (a leader, an authority) among the Jews,G1161G2258G444G1537G5330G3686G846G3530G758G2453 2Who came to Jesus at night and said to Him, Rabbi, we know {and} are certain that You have come from God [as] a Teacher; for no one can do these signs (these wonderworks, these miracles--and produce the proofs) that You do unless God is with him.G3778G2064G4314G2424G3571G2532G2036G846G4461G1492G3754G2064G1320G2064G575G2316G1063G3762G1410G4160G5023G4592G3739G4771G4160G3362G2316G5600G3326G846 3Jesus answered him, I assure you, most solemnly I tell you, that unless a person is born again (anew, from above), he cannot ever see (know, be acquainted with, and experience) the kingdom of God.G2424G611G2532G2036G846G281G281G3004G4671G3362G5100G1080G509G1410G3756G1492G932G2316 4Nicodemus said to Him, How can a man be born when he is old? Can he enter his mother's womb again and be born?G3530G3004G4314G846G4459G1410G444G1080G5607G1088G3361G1410G1525G1208G1519G846G3384G2836G2532G1080 5Jesus answered, I assure you, most solemnly I tell you, unless a man is born of water and [even] the Spirit, he cannot [ever] enter the kingdom of God.G2424G611G281G281G3004G4671G3362G5100G1080G1537G5204G2532G4151G3756G1410G1525G1519G932G2316 6What is born of [from] the flesh is flesh [of the physical is physical]; and what is born of the Spirit is spirit.G1080G1537G4561G2076G4561G2532G1080G1537G4151G2076G4151 7Marvel not [do not be surprised, astonished] at My telling you, You must all be born anew (from above).G2296G3361G3754G2036G4671G5209G1163G1080G509 8The wind blows (breathes) where it wills; and though you hear its sound, yet you neither know where it comes from nor where it is going. So it is with everyone who is born of the Spirit.G4151G4154G3699G2309G2532G191G5456G846G235G1492G3756G1492G4159G2064G2532G4226G5217G3779G2076G3956G1080G1537G4151 9Nicodemus answered by asking, How can all this be possible?G3530G611G2532G2036G846G4459G1410G5023G1096 10Jesus replied, Are you the teacher of Israel, and yet do not know {nor} understand these things? [Are they strange to you?]G2424G611G2532G2036G846G1488G4771G1320G2474G2532G1097G3756G5023 11I assure you, most solemnly I tell you, We speak only of what we know [we know absolutely what we are talking about]; we have actually seen what we are testifying to [we were eyewitnesses of it]. And still you do not receive our testimony [you reject and refuse our evidence--that of Myself and of all those who are born of the Spirit].G281G281G3004G4671G2980G3754G3739G1492G2532G3140G3739G3708G2532G2983G3756G2257G3141 12If I have told you of things that happen right here on the earth and yet none of you believes Me, how can you believe (trust Me, adhere to Me, rely on Me) if I tell you of heavenly things?G1487G2036G5213G1919G2532G4100G3756G4459G4100G1437G2036G5213G2032 13And yet no one has ever gone up to heaven, but there is One Who has come down from heaven--the Son of Man [Himself], {Who is (dwells, has His home) in heaven.}G2532G3762G305G1519G3772G1508G2597G1537G3772G5207G444G3588G5607G1722G3772 14And just as Moses lifted up the serpent in the desert [on a pole], so must [so it is necessary that] the Son of Man be lifted up [on the cross],G2532G2531G3475G5312G3789G1722G2048G3779G1163G5207G444G5312 15In order that everyone who believes in Him [who cleaves to Him, trusts Him, and relies on Him] may {not perish, but} have eternal life {and} [actually] live forever!G3363G3956G4100G1519G846G622G3363G622G235G2192G166G2222 16For God so greatly loved {and} dearly prized the world that He [even] gave up His only begotten (unique) Son, so that whoever believes in (trusts in, clings to, relies on) Him shall not perish (come to destruction, be lost) but have eternal (everlasting) life.G1063G2316G3779G25G2889G5620G1325G846G3439G5207G2443G3956G4100G1519G846G622G3361G622G235G2192G166G2222 17For God did not send the Son into the world in order to judge (to reject, to condemn, to pass sentence on) the world, but that the world might find salvation {and} be made safe {and} sound through Him.G1063G2316G649G3756G846G5207G1519G2889G2443G2919G2889G235G2443G2889G1223G846G4982 18He who believes in Him [who clings to, trusts in, relies on Him] is not judged [he who trusts in Him never comes up for judgment; for him there is no rejection, no condemnation--he incurs no damnation]; but he who does not believe (cleave to, rely on, trust in Him) is judged already [he has already been convicted and has already received his sentence] because he has not believed in {and} trusted in the name of the only begotten Son of God. [He is condemned for refusing to let his trust rest in Christ's name.]G4100G1519G846G2919G3756G2919G1161G4100G3361G2919G2235G3754G4100G3361G4100G1519G3686G3439G5207G2316 19The [basis of the] judgment (indictment, the test by which men are judged, the ground for the sentence) lies in this: the Light has come into the world, and people have loved the darkness rather than {and} more than the Light, for their works (deeds) were evil.G1161G3778G2076G2920G3754G5457G2064G1519G2889G2532G444G25G4655G3123G2228G5457G1063G846G2041G2258G4190 20For every wrongdoer hates (loathes, detests) the Light, and will not come out into the Light {but} shrinks from it, lest his works (his deeds, his activities, his conduct) be exposed {and} reproved.G1063G3956G4238G5337G3404G5457G2532G3756G2064G4314G5457G3363G846G2041G1651 21But he who practices truth [who does what is right] comes out into the Light; so that his works may be plainly shown to be what they are--wrought with God [divinely prompted, done with God's help, in dependence upon Him].G1161G4160G225G2064G4314G5457G2443G846G2041G5319G3754G2076G2038G1722G2316 22After this, Jesus and His disciples went into the land (the countryside) of Judea, where He remained with them, and baptized.G3326G5023G2064G2424G2532G846G3101G1519G1093G2449G2532G1563G1304G3326G846G2532G907 23But John also was baptizing at Aenon near Salim, for there was an abundance of water there, and the people kept coming and being baptized.G1161G2491G2532G2258G907G1722G137G1451G4530G3754G2258G4183G5204G1563G2532G3854G2532G907 24For John had not yet been thrown into prison.G1063G2491G2258G3768G906G1519G5438 25Therefore there arose a controversy between some of John's disciples and a Jew in regard to purification.G3767G1096G2214G3326G1537G2491G3101G2453G4012G2512 26So they came to John and reported to him, Rabbi, the Man Who was with you on the other side of the Jordan [at the Jordan crossing]--and to Whom you yourself have borne testimony--notice, here He is baptizing too, and everybody is flocking to Him!G2532G2064G4314G2491G2532G2036G846G4461G3739G2258G3326G4675G4008G2446G3739G4771G3140G2396G3778G907G2532G3956G2064G4314G846 27John answered, A man can receive nothing [he can claim nothing, he can take unto himself nothing] except as it has been granted to him from heaven. [A man must be content to receive the gift which is given him from heaven; there is no other source.]G2491G611G2532G2036G444G1410G3756G2983G3762G3362G5600G1325G846G1537G3772 28You yourselves are my witnesses [you personally bear me out] that I stated, I am not the Christ (the Anointed One, the Messiah), but I have [only] been sent before Him [in advance of Him, to be His appointed forerunner, His messenger, His announcer].G5210G846G3140G3427G3140G3754G2036G1473G1510G3756G5547G235G3754G1510G649G1715G1565 29He who has the bride is the bridegroom; but the groomsman who stands by and listens to him rejoices greatly {and} heartily on account of the bridegroom's voice. This then is my pleasure {and} joy, and it is now complete. [S. of Sol. 5:1.]G2192G3565G2076G3566G1161G5384G3566G3588G2476G2532G191G846G5463G5479G1223G3566G5456G3778G1699G5479G3767G4137 30He must increase, but I must decrease. [He must grow more prominent; I must grow less so.]G1565G1163G837G1161G1691G1642 31He Who comes from above (heaven) is [far] above all [others]; he who comes from the earth belongs to the earth, and talks the language of earth [his words are from an earthly standpoint]. He Who comes from heaven is [far] above all others [far superior to all others in prominence and in excellence].G2064G509G2076G1883G3956G5607G1537G1093G2076G1537G1093G2532G2980G1537G1093G2064G1537G3772G2076G1883G3956 32It is to what He has [actually] seen and heard that He bears testimony, and yet no one accepts His testimony [no one receives His evidence as true].G2532G3739G3708G2532G191G5124G3140G2532G3762G2983G846G3141 33Whoever receives His testimony has set his seal of approval to this: God is true. [That man has definitely certified, acknowledged, declared once and for all, and is himself assured that it is divine truth that God cannot lie].G2983G846G3141G4972G3754G2316G2076G227 34For since He Whom God has sent speaks the words of God [proclaims God's own message], God does not give Him His Spirit sparingly {or} by measure, {but} boundless is the gift God makes of His Spirit!G1063G3739G2316G649G2980G4487G2316G1063G2316G1325G3756G4151G1537G3358 35The Father loves the Son and has given (entrusted, committed) everything into His hand.G3962G25G5207G2532G1325G3956G1722G846G5495 36And he who believes in (has faith in, clings to, relies on) the Son has (now possesses) eternal life. But whoever disobeys (is unbelieving toward, refuses to trust in, disregards, is not subject to) the Son will never see (experience) life, but [instead] the wrath of God abides on him. [God's displeasure remains on him; His indignation hangs over him continually.]G4100G1519G5207G2192G166G2222G1161G544G5207G3700G3756G3700G2222G235G3709G2316G3306G1909G846


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