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John 3:6
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KJ21
That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.
ASV
That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.
AMP
That which is born of the flesh is flesh [the physical is merely physical], and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.
AMPC
What is born of [from] the flesh is flesh [of the physical is physical]; and what is born of the Spirit is spirit.
BRG
That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.
CSB
Whatever is born of the flesh is flesh, and whatever is born of the Spirit is spirit.
CSBA
Whatever is born of the flesh is flesh, and whatever is born of the Spirit is spirit.
CEB
Whatever is born of the flesh is flesh, and whatever is born of the Spirit is spirit.
CJB
What is born from the flesh is flesh, and what is born from the Spirit is spirit.
CEV
Humans give life to their children. Yet only God's Spirit can change you into a child of God.
DARBY
That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.
DLNT
The thing having been born of the flesh is flesh, and the thing having been born of the Spirit is spirit.
DRA
That which is born of the flesh, is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit, is spirit.
ERV
The only life people get from their human parents is physical. But the new life that the Spirit gives a person is spiritual.
EASY
People give birth to what is human. But God's Spirit gives birth to spirit.
EHV
Whatever is born of the flesh is flesh. Whatever is born of the Spirit is spirit.
ESV
That which is born of the flesh is flesh, and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.
ESVUK
That which is born of the flesh is flesh, and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.
EXB
·Human life comes from human parents [L That which is born of the flesh is flesh; C flesh here means human nature], but ·spiritual life comes from the Spirit [L that which is born of the Spirit is spirit].
GNV
That which is born of the flesh, is flesh: and that that is born of the Spirit, is spirit.
GW
Flesh and blood give birth to flesh and blood, but the Spirit gives birth to things that are spiritual.
GNT
A person is born physically of human parents, but is born spiritually of the Spirit.
HCSB
Whatever is born of the flesh is flesh, and whatever is born of the Spirit is spirit.
ICB
A person’s body is born from his human parents. But a person’s spiritual life is born from the Spirit.
ISV
What is born of the flesh is flesh, and what is born of the Spirit is spirit.
PHILLIPS
“I assure you,” said Jesus, “that unless a man is born from water and from spirit he cannot enter the kingdom of God. Flesh gives birth to flesh and spirit gives birth to spirit: you must not be surprised that I told you that all of you must be born again. The wind blows where it likes, you can hear the sound of it but you have no idea where it comes from and where it goes. Nor can you tell how a man is born by the wind of the Spirit.”
JUB
That which is born of the flesh is flesh, and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.
KJV
That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.
AKJV
That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.
LSB
That which has been born of the flesh is flesh, and that which has been born of the Spirit is spirit.
LEB
What is born of the flesh is flesh, and what is born of the Spirit is spirit.
TLB
Men can only reproduce human life, but the Holy Spirit gives new life from heaven;
MSG
Jesus said, “You’re not listening. Let me say it again. Unless a person submits to this original creation—the ‘wind-hovering-over-the-water’ creation, the invisible moving the visible, a baptism into a new life—it’s not possible to enter God’s kingdom. When you look at a baby, it’s just that: a body you can look at and touch. But the person who takes shape within is formed by something you can’t see and touch—the Spirit—and becomes a living spirit.
MEV
That which is born of the flesh is flesh, and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.
MOUNCE
What is born of the flesh is flesh, and what is born of the Spirit is spirit.
NOG
Flesh and blood give birth to flesh and blood, but the Spirit gives birth to things that are spiritual.
NABRE
What is born of flesh is flesh and what is born of spirit is spirit.
NASB
That which has been born of the flesh is flesh, and that which has been born of the Spirit is spirit.
NASB1995
That which is born of the flesh is flesh, and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.
NCB
What is born of the flesh is flesh, and what is born of the Spirit is spirit.
NCV
Human life comes from human parents, but spiritual life comes from the Spirit.
NET
What is born of the flesh is flesh, and what is born of the Spirit is spirit.
NIRV
People give birth to people. But the Spirit gives birth to spirit.
NIV
Flesh gives birth to flesh, but the Spirit gives birth to spirit.
NIVUK
Flesh gives birth to flesh, but the Spirit gives birth to spirit.
NKJV
That which is born of the flesh is flesh, and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.
NLV
Whatever is born of the flesh is flesh. Whatever is born of the Spirit is spirit.
NLT
Humans can reproduce only human life, but the Holy Spirit gives birth to spiritual life.
NMB
That which is born of the flesh is flesh, and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.
NRSVA
What is born of the flesh is flesh, and what is born of the Spirit is spirit.
NRSVACE
What is born of the flesh is flesh, and what is born of the Spirit is spirit.
NRSVCE
What is born of the flesh is flesh, and what is born of the Spirit is spirit.
NRSVUE
What is born of the flesh is flesh, and what is born of the Spirit is spirit.
NTFE
Flesh is born from flesh, but spirit is born from spirit.
OJB
That which is born of basar is basar, and that which is born of the Ruach is ruach.
RGT
“That which is born of the flesh, is flesh. And that which is born of the Spirit, is spirit.
RSV
That which is born of the flesh is flesh, and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.
RSVCE
That which is born of the flesh is flesh, and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.
TLV
What is born of the flesh is flesh, and what is born of the Spirit is spirit.
VOICE
Like from like. Whatever is born from flesh is flesh; whatever is born from Spirit is spirit.
WEB
That which is born of the flesh is flesh. That which is born of the Spirit is spirit.
WE
That which is born of a person is flesh, and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.
WYC
That that is born of the flesh, is flesh; and that that is born of the Spirit, is spirit.
YLT
that which hath been born of the flesh is flesh, and that which hath been born of the Spirit is spirit.
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