John 3:7

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Do not be amazed that I said to you, ‘You must be born again.’

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  • John 3:3 : 3 Jesus answered him, 'Truly, truly, I tell you, unless someone is born from above, he cannot see the kingdom of God.'
  • Eph 4:22-24 : 22 You were taught to put off your former way of life, the old self, which is corrupted by deceitful desires, 23 to be renewed in the spirit of your minds, 24 and to put on the new self, which is created to be like God in true righteousness and holiness.
  • 1 Pet 1:22 : 22 Since you have purified your souls by obedience to the truth so that you have sincere brotherly love, love one another earnestly from a pure heart.
  • Rev 21:27 : 27 Nothing unclean will ever enter it, nor anyone who does what is detestable or false, but only those whose names are written in the Lamb's book of life.
  • Matt 13:33-35 : 33 He told them another parable: 'The kingdom of heaven is like yeast that a woman took and mixed into about fifty pounds of flour until it worked all through the dough.' 34 Jesus spoke all these things to the crowds in parables. He did not say anything to them without using a parable. 35 This was to fulfill what was spoken through the prophet: 'I will open my mouth in parables; I will utter things hidden since the creation of the world.'
  • John 5:28 : 28 Do not be amazed at this, for an hour is coming when all who are in their graves will hear His voice.
  • John 6:61-63 : 61 Aware that his disciples were grumbling about this, Jesus said to them, 'Does this offend you?' 62 Then what if you see the Son of Man ascend to where he was before? 63 The Spirit gives life; the flesh counts for nothing. The words I have spoken to you—they are Spirit and they are life.
  • Rom 3:9-9 : 9 What then? Are we any better? Not at all. For we have already charged that Jews and Gentiles alike are all under the power of sin. 10 As it is written: "There is no one righteous, not even one." 11 "There is no one who understands; there is no one who seeks God." 12 All have turned away, together they have become worthless; there is no one who does good, not even one. 13 "Their throats are open graves; their tongues practice deceit." "The venom of vipers is under their lips." 14 Their mouths are full of curses and bitterness. 15 Their feet are swift to shed blood. 16 Ruin and misery mark their paths. 17 And the way of peace they have not known. 18 There is no fear of God before their eyes. 19 Now we know that whatever the law says, it speaks to those who are under the law, so that every mouth may be silenced and the whole world held accountable to God.
  • Rom 9:22-25 : 22 What if God, wishing to show his wrath and to make his power known, endured with much patience objects of wrath prepared for destruction? 23 And what if he did this to make the riches of his glory known to the objects of mercy, whom he prepared beforehand for glory— 24 even us, whom he has also called, not only from the Jews but also from the Gentiles? 25 As he says in Hosea: 'I will call those who were not my people, ‘My people,’ and her who was not beloved, ‘Beloved.’'
  • Rom 12:1-2 : 1 I urge you, brothers and sisters, in view of God’s mercies, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God—this is your true and proper worship. 2 Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is—His good, pleasing, and perfect will.
  • Job 15:14 : 14 What is man, that he could be pure, or one born of a woman, that he could be righteous?
  • John 3:12 : 12 If I have told you earthly things and you do not believe, how will you believe if I tell you heavenly things?
  • Col 1:12 : 12 who has qualified you to share in the inheritance of His holy people in the kingdom of light.
  • Heb 12:14 : 14 Pursue peace with everyone, and holiness, without which no one will see the Lord.
  • 1 Pet 1:14-16 : 14 As obedient children, do not conform to the desires you had when you lived in ignorance. 15 But just as the One who called you is holy, so also be holy in all your conduct. 16 For it is written: "Be holy, because I am holy."

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  • John 3:1-6
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    89%

    1There was a man from the Pharisees named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews.

    2He came to Jesus at night and said to Him, 'Rabbi, we know that You have come from God as a teacher, for no one can perform these signs You do unless God is with him.'

    3Jesus answered him, 'Truly, truly, I tell you, unless someone is born from above, he cannot see the kingdom of God.'

    4Nicodemus said to Him, 'How can a man be born when he is old? Can he enter his mother's womb a second time and be born?'

    5Jesus answered, 'Truly, truly, I tell you, unless someone is born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God.'

    6What is born of the flesh is flesh, and what is born of the Spirit is spirit.

  • John 3:8-16
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    8The wind blows where it pleases, and you hear its sound, but you do not know where it comes from or where it is going. So it is with everyone born of the Spirit.

    9Nicodemus answered and said to Him, 'How can these things happen?

    10Jesus replied, 'You are a teacher of Israel, and yet you do not understand these things?

    11Truly, truly, I tell you, we speak of what we know, and we testify to what we have seen, but you do not accept our testimony.

    12If I have told you earthly things and you do not believe, how will you believe if I tell you heavenly things?

    13No one has ascended into heaven except the One who descended from heaven—the Son of Man.

    14Just as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so must the Son of Man be lifted up,

    15so that everyone who believes in Him will not perish but have eternal life.

    16For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, so that everyone who believes in Him will not perish but have eternal life.

  • John 1:13
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    13They were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.

  • 1 Pet 1:23
    75%

    23For you have been born again, not of perishable seed but of imperishable, through the living and enduring word of God.

  • Matt 18:3
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    3And he said, "Truly, I tell you, unless you turn and become like little children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven."

  • John 3:31
    72%

    31The one who comes from above is above all. The one who is from the earth belongs to the earth and speaks about earthly things. The one who comes from heaven is above all.

  • John 8:23-24
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    23He said to them, "You are from below; I am from above. You are of this world; I am not of this world.

    24That is why I told you that you will die in your sins, for unless you believe that I am he, you will die in your sins."

  • John 1:50-51
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    50Jesus answered, 'Do you believe because I told you I saw you under the fig tree? You will see greater things than these.'

    51Then He said, 'Truly, truly, I tell you, you will see heaven opened and the angels of God ascending and descending on the Son of Man.'

  • John 7:50
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    50Nicodemus, the one who had previously come to Him at night and who was one of them, said to them,

  • John 3:27
    70%

    27John replied, 'No one can receive anything unless it has been given to him from heaven.'

  • Luke 18:17
    69%

    17Truly I tell you, whoever does not receive the kingdom of God like a little child will certainly not enter it.

  • Mark 10:15
    69%

    15'Truly I tell you, anyone who will not receive the kingdom of God like a little child will never enter it.'

  • 1 John 3:9
    69%

    9No one born of God practices sin, for His seed abides in them; they cannot keep on sinning, because they have been born of God.

  • Titus 3:5
    69%

    5He saved us, not because of works done by us in righteousness, but according to His mercy, through the washing of regeneration and renewal by the Holy Spirit.

  • John 6:62-63
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    62Then what if you see the Son of Man ascend to where he was before?

    63The Spirit gives life; the flesh counts for nothing. The words I have spoken to you—they are Spirit and they are life.

  • Mark 1:8
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    8'I have baptized you with water, but he will baptize you with the Holy Spirit.'

  • Matt 3:8
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    8Produce fruit in keeping with repentance.

  • 1 John 3:13
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    13Do not be surprised, brothers and sisters, if the world hates you.

  • Acts 1:5
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    5For John baptized with water, but you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit not many days from now.

  • Matt 3:13
    68%

    13Then Jesus came from Galilee to the Jordan, to John, to be baptized by him.

  • 1 John 5:1
    68%

    1Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ has been born of God, and everyone who loves the Father loves His child as well.

  • John 5:28
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    28Do not be amazed at this, for an hour is coming when all who are in their graves will hear His voice.

  • Eph 4:23
    68%

    23to be renewed in the spirit of your minds,

  • Jas 1:18
    67%

    18By His own will He brought us forth by the word of truth, so that we might be a kind of firstfruits of His creation.

  • John 4:48
    67%

    48Jesus said to him, "Unless you see signs and wonders, you will never believe."

  • John 8:41
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    41You are doing the works of your father." They said to him, "We are not illegitimate children. We have one Father—God."

  • 1 John 2:29
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    29If you know that He is righteous, you know that everyone who practices righteousness has been born of Him.

  • John 1:33
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    33I myself did not know Him, but the One who sent me to baptize with water told me, 'The one on whom you see the Spirit descending and remaining is the One who will baptize with the Holy Spirit.'

  • 1 John 3:1
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    1See how great a love the Father has given us, that we should be called children of God; and this is what we are! The world does not know us because it did not know Him.

  • John 10:1
    67%

    1Truly, truly, I tell you, anyone who does not enter the sheepfold by the door but climbs in by another way is a thief and a robber.

  • John 9:30
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    30The man answered, 'This is remarkable! You do not know where He is from, yet He opened my eyes!'

  • John 7:39
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    39(He said this about the Spirit, which those who believed in Him were to receive. For the Spirit had not yet been given, because Jesus had not yet been glorified.)

  • John 4:13
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    13Jesus answered her, "Everyone who drinks this water will be thirsty again.

  • John 8:47
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    47The one who is from God listens to God’s words. This is why you do not listen, because you are not from God.