13 who were born,(A)
not of blood,[a]
or of the will(B) of the flesh,(C)
or of the will of man,[b]
but of God.(D)

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. John 1:13 Lit bloods; the pl form of blood occurs only here in the NT. It may refer either to lineal descent (that is, blood from one’s father and mother) or to the OT sacrificial system (that is, the various blood sacrifices). Neither is the basis for birth into the family of God.
  2. John 1:13 Or not of human lineage, or of human capacity, or of human volition

13 children born not of natural descent, nor of human decision or a husband’s will, but born of God.(A)

Read full chapter

Jesus replied, “I assure you: Unless someone is born again,[a](A) he cannot see the kingdom of God.”(B)

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. John 3:3 The same Gk word can mean again or from above (also in v. 7).

Jesus replied, “Very truly I tell you, no one can see the kingdom of God unless they are born again.[a](A)

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. John 3:3 The Greek for again also means from above; also in verse 7.

Do not be amazed that I told you that you[a] must be born(A) again.

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. John 3:7 The pronoun is pl in Gk.

You should not be surprised at my saying, ‘You[a] must be born again.’

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. John 3:7 The Greek is plural.

18 By His own choice, He gave us a new birth by the message of truth[a] so that we would be the firstfruits of His creatures.(A)

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. James 1:18 = the gospel

18 He chose to give us birth(A) through the word of truth,(B) that we might be a kind of firstfruits(C) of all he created.

Read full chapter

23 since you have been born again(A)—not of perishable seed(B) but of imperishable—through the living and enduring word of God.(C)

Read full chapter

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

Read full chapter