John 3:1-21 (Holman Christian Standard)
Jesus and Nicodemus
1 There was a man from the Pharisees named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews. 2 This man came to Him at night and said, "Rabbi, we know that You have come from God as a teacher, for no one could perform these signs You do unless God were with him." 3 Jesus replied, "I assure you: Unless someone is born again, a he cannot see the kingdom of God." 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?" 5 Jesus answered, "I assure you: Unless someone is born of water and the Spirit, b can mean wind, spirit, or Spirit, each of which occurs in this context. he cannot enter the kingdom of God. 6 Whatever is born of the flesh is flesh, and whatever is born of the Spirit is spirit. 7 Do not be amazed that I told you that you c must be born again. 8 The wind d can mean wind, spirit, or Spirit, each of which occurs in this context. blows where it pleases, and you hear its sound, but you don't know where it comes from or where it is going. So it is with everyone born of the Spirit." 9 "How can these things be?" asked Nicodemus. 10 "Are you a teacher e of Israel and don't know these things?" Jesus replied. 11 "I assure you: We speak what We know and We testify to what We have seen, but you f do not accept Our testimony. g 12 If I have told you about things that happen on earth and you don't believe, how will you believe if I tell you about things of heaven? 13 No one has ascended into heaven except the One who descended from heaven-the Son of Man. h 14 Just as Moses lifted up the snake in the wilderness, so the Son of Man must be lifted up, 15 so that everyone who believes in Him will i have eternal life. 16 "For God loved the world in this way: He gave His One and Only Son, so that everyone who believes in Him will not perish but have eternal life. j 17 For God did not send His Son into the world that He might condemn the world, but that the world might be saved through Him. 18 Anyone who believes in Him is not condemned, but anyone who does not believe is already condemned, because he has not believed in the name of the One and Only Son of God. 19 "This, then, is the judgment: the light has come into the world, and people loved darkness rather than the light because their deeds were evil. 20 For everyone who practices wicked things hates the light and avoids it, k so that his deeds may not be exposed. 21 But anyone who lives by l the truth comes to the light, so that his works may be shown to be accomplished by God." mHolman Christian Standard Bible ® Copyright © 2003, 2002, 2000, 1999 by Holman Bible Publishers. Used by permission. All rights reserved. (Holman Christian Standard)
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- John
- John 3
- John 3:1
- John 3:2
- John 3:3
- John 3:4
- John 3:5
- John 3:6
- John 3:7
- John 3:8
- John 3:9
- John 3:10
- John 3:11
- John 3:12
- John 3:13
- John 3:14
- John 3:15
- John 3:16
- John 3:17
- John 3:18
- John 3:19
- John 3:20
- John 3:21
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People's New Testament
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- John
- John 3:1
- John 3:2
- John 3:3
- John 3:4
- John 3:5
- John 3:6
- John 3:7
- John 3:8
- John 3:9
- John 3:10
- John 3:11
- John 3:12
- John 3:13
- John 3:14
- John 3:15
- John 3:16
- John 3:17
- John 3:18
- John 3:19
- John 3:20
- John 3:21
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- John
- John 3
- John 3:1
- John 3:2
- John 3:3
- John 3:4
- John 3:5
- John 3:6
- John 3:7
- John 3:8
- John 3:9
- John 3:10
- John 3:11
- John 3:12
- John 3:13
- John 3:14
- John 3:15
- John 3:16
- John 3:17
- John 3:18
- John 3:19
- John 3:20
- John 3:21
Wesley's Explanatory Notes
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
c.
John 3:7 - The pronoun is pl in Gk.
d.
John 3:8 - The Gk word pneuma
e.
John 3:10 - Or the teacher
f.
John 3:11 - The word you in Gk is pl here and throughout v. 12.
g.
John 3:11 - The pl forms (We, Our) refer to Jesus and His authority to speak for the Father.
h.
John 3:13 - Other mss add who is in heaven
i.
John 3:15 - Other mss add not perish, but
j.
John 3:16 - 1 Jn 4:9-10
k.
John 3:20 - Lit and does not come to the light
l.
John 3:21 - Lit who does
m.
John 3:21 - It is possible that Jesus' words end at v. 15. Ancient Gk did not have quotation marks.