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耶稣与尼哥迪慕论重生

有一个法利赛人,名叫尼哥迪慕,是犹太人的官。 这人夜里来见耶稣,说:“拉比,我们知道你是由神那里来做师傅的,因为你所行的神迹,若没有神同在,无人能行。” 耶稣回答说:“我实实在在地告诉你:人若不重生,就不能见神的国。” 尼哥迪慕说:“人已经老了,如何能重生呢?岂能再进母腹生出来吗?” 耶稣说:“我实实在在地告诉你:人若不是从水和圣灵生的,就不能进神的国。 从肉身生的就是肉身,从灵生的就是灵。 我说你们必须重生,你不要以为稀奇。 风随着意思吹,你听见风的响声,却不晓得从哪里来,往哪里去。凡从圣灵生的,也是如此。” 尼哥迪慕问他说:“怎能有这事呢?” 10 耶稣回答说:“你是以色列人的先生,还不明白这事吗? 11 我实实在在地告诉你:我们所说的是我们知道的,我们所见证的是我们见过的,你们却不领受我们的见证。 12 我对你们说地上的事,你们尚且不信,若说天上的事,如何能信呢? 13 除了从天降下仍旧在天的人子,没有人升过天。 14 摩西在旷野怎样举蛇,人子也必照样被举起来, 15 叫一切信他的都得永生[a]

神爱世人

16 “神爱世人,甚至将他的独生子赐给他们,叫一切信他的不致灭亡,反得永生。 17 因为神差他的儿子降世,不是要定世人的罪[b],乃是要叫世人因他得救。 18 信他的人不被定罪,不信的人罪已经定了,因为他不信神独生子的名。

作恶的恨光

19 “光来到世间,世人因自己的行为是恶的,不爱光倒爱黑暗,定他们的罪就是在此。 20 凡作恶的便恨光,并不来就光,恐怕他的行为受责备; 21 但行真理的必来就光,要显明他所行的是靠神而行。”

耶稣和约翰施洗

22 这事以后,耶稣和门徒到了犹太地,在那里居住,施洗。 23 约翰在靠近撒冷哀嫩也施洗,因为那里水多,众人都去受洗。 24 那时约翰还没有下在监里。 25 约翰的门徒和一个犹太人辩论洁净的礼, 26 就来见约翰,说:“拉比,从前同你在约旦河外、你所见证的那位,现在施洗,众人都往他那里去了。” 27 约翰说:“若不是从天上赐的,人就不能得什么。 28 我曾说我不是基督,是奉差遣在他前面的,你们自己可以给我作见证。 29 娶新妇的就是新郎,新郎的朋友站着,听见新郎的声音就甚喜乐。故此,我这喜乐满足了。 30 他必兴旺,我必衰微。”

信者能得永生

31 从天上来的是在万有之上,从地上来的是属乎地,他所说的也是属乎地。从天上来的是在万有之上, 32 他将所见所闻的见证出来,只是没有人领受他的见证。 33 那领受他见证的,就印上印,证明神是真的。 34 神所差来的就说神的话,因为神赐圣灵给他是没有限量的。 35 父爱子,已将万有交在他手里。 36 信子的人有永生,不信子的人得不着永生[c],神的震怒常在他身上。

Footnotes

  1. 约翰福音 3:15 或作:叫一切信的人在他里面得永生。
  2. 约翰福音 3:17 或作:审判世人。下同。
  3. 约翰福音 3:36 原文作:不得见永生。

Jesus and Nicodemus

There was a Jewish leader named Nicodemus, who belonged to the party of the Pharisees. One night he went to Jesus and said to him, “Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher sent by God. No one could perform the miracles you are doing unless God were with him.”

Jesus answered, “I am telling you the truth: no one can see the Kingdom of God without being born again.”[a]

“How can a grown man be born again?” Nicodemus asked. “He certainly cannot enter his mother's womb and be born a second time!”

“I am telling you the truth,” replied Jesus, “that no one can enter the Kingdom of God without being born of water and the Spirit. A person is born physically of human parents, but is born spiritually of the Spirit. Do not be surprised because I tell you that you must all be born again.[b] The wind blows wherever it wishes; you hear the sound it makes, but you do not know where it comes from or where it is going. It is like that with everyone who is born of the Spirit.”

“How can this be?” asked Nicodemus.

10 Jesus answered, “You are a great teacher in Israel, and you don't know this? 11 I am telling you the truth: we speak of what we know and report what we have seen, yet none of you is willing to accept our message. 12 (A)You do not believe me when I tell you about the things of this world; how will you ever believe me, then, when I tell you about the things of heaven? 13 (B)And no one has ever gone up to heaven except the Son of Man, who came down from heaven.”[c]

14 (C)As Moses lifted up the bronze snake on a pole in the desert, in the same way the Son of Man must be lifted up, 15 so that everyone who believes in him may have eternal life. 16 For God loved the world so much that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him may not die but have eternal life. 17 For God did not send his Son into the world to be its judge, but to be its savior.

18 Those who believe in the Son are not judged; but those who do not believe have already been judged, because they have not believed in God's only Son. 19 This is how the judgment works: the light has come into the world, but people love the darkness rather than the light, because their deeds are evil. 20 Those who do evil things hate the light and will not come to the light, because they do not want their evil deeds to be shown up. 21 But those who do what is true come to the light in order that the light may show that what they did was in obedience to God.

Jesus and John

22 After this, Jesus and his disciples went to the province of Judea, where he spent some time with them and baptized. 23 John also was baptizing in Aenon, not far from Salim, because there was plenty of water in that place. People were going to him, and he was baptizing them. (24 (D)This was before John had been put in prison.)

25 Some of John's disciples began arguing with a Jew[d] about the matter of ritual washing. 26 So they went to John and told him, “Teacher, you remember the man who was with you on the east side of the Jordan, the one you spoke about? Well, he is baptizing now, and everyone is going to him!”

27 John answered, “No one can have anything unless God gives it. 28 (E)You yourselves are my witnesses that I said, ‘I am not the Messiah, but I have been sent ahead of him.’ 29 The bridegroom is the one to whom the bride belongs; but the bridegroom's friend, who stands by and listens, is glad when he hears the bridegroom's voice. This is how my own happiness is made complete. 30 He must become more important while I become less important.”

He Who Comes from Heaven

31 He who comes from above is greater than all. He who is from the earth belongs to the earth and speaks about earthly matters, but he who comes from heaven is above all. 32 He tells what he has seen and heard, yet no one accepts his message. 33 But whoever accepts his message confirms by this that God is truthful. 34 The one whom God has sent speaks God's words, because God gives him the fullness of his Spirit. 35 (F)The Father loves his Son and has put everything in his power. 36 Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life; whoever disobeys the Son will not have life, but will remain under God's punishment.

Footnotes

  1. John 3:3 again; or from above.
  2. John 3:7 again; or from above.
  3. John 3:13 The quotation may continue through verse 21.
  4. John 3:25 a Jew; some manuscripts have some Jews.