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Jesus replied, “I tell you the truth, unless you are born again,[a] you cannot see the Kingdom of God.”

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  1. 3:3 Or born from above; also in 3:7.

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

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

17 This means that anyone who belongs to Christ has become a new person. The old life is gone; a new life has begun!

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17 Therefore, if anyone is in Christ,(A) the new creation(B) has come:[a] The old has gone, the new is here!(C)

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  1. 2 Corinthians 5:17 Or Christ, that person is a new creation.

Jesus replied, “I assure you, no one can enter the Kingdom of God without being born of water and the Spirit.[a] Humans can reproduce only human life, but the Holy Spirit gives birth to spiritual life.[b]

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  1. 3:5 Or and spirit. The Greek word for Spirit can also be translated wind; see 3:8.
  2. 3:6 Greek what is born of the Spirit is spirit.

Jesus answered, “Very truly I tell you, no one can enter the kingdom of God unless they are born of water and the Spirit.(A) Flesh gives birth to flesh, but the Spirit[a] gives birth to spirit.(B)

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  1. John 3:6 Or but spirit

23 For you have been born again, but not to a life that will quickly end. Your new life will last forever because it comes from the eternal, living word of God. 24 As the Scriptures say,

“People are like grass;
    their beauty is like a flower in the field.
The grass withers and the flower fades.
25     But the word of the Lord remains forever.”[a]

And that word is the Good News that was preached to you.

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  1. 1:24-25 Isa 40:6-8.

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) 24 For,

“All people are like grass,
    and all their glory is like the flowers of the field;
the grass withers and the flowers fall,
25     but the word of the Lord endures forever.”[a](D)

And this is the word that was preached to you.

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  1. 1 Peter 1:25 Isaiah 40:6-8 (see Septuagint)

Those who have been born into God’s family do not make a practice of sinning, because God’s life[a] is in them. So they can’t keep on sinning, because they are children of God.

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  1. 3:9 Greek because his seed.

No one who is born of God(A) will continue to sin,(B) because God’s seed(C) remains in them; they cannot go on sinning, because they have been born of God.

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Faith in the Son of God

Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ[a] has become a child of God. And everyone who loves the Father loves his children, too.

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  1. 5:1 Or the Messiah.

Faith in the Incarnate Son of God

Everyone who believes(A) that Jesus is the Christ(B) is born of God,(C) and everyone who loves the father loves his child as well.(D)

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he saved us, not because of the righteous things we had done, but because of his mercy. He washed away our sins, giving us a new birth and new life through the Holy Spirit.[a]

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  1. 3:5 Greek He saved us through the washing of regeneration and renewing of the Holy Spirit.

he saved us,(A) not because of righteous things we had done,(B) but because of his mercy.(C) He saved us through the washing(D) of rebirth and renewal(E) by the Holy Spirit,

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13 They are reborn—not with a physical birth resulting from human passion or plan, but a birth that comes from God.

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

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29 Since we know that Christ is righteous, we also know that all who do what is right are God’s children.

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29 If you know that he is righteous,(A) you know that everyone who does what is right has been born of him.(B)

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The Hope of Eternal Life

All praise to God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. It is by his great mercy that we have been born again, because God raised Jesus Christ from the dead. Now we live with great expectation,

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Praise to God for a Living Hope

Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ!(A) In his great mercy(B) he has given us new birth(C) into a living hope(D) through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,(E)

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15 It doesn’t matter whether we have been circumcised or not. What counts is whether we have been transformed into a new creation.

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15 Neither circumcision nor uncircumcision means anything;(A) what counts is the new creation.(B)

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18 We know that God’s children do not make a practice of sinning, for God’s Son holds them securely, and the evil one cannot touch them.

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18 We know that anyone born of God(A) does not continue to sin; the One who was born of God keeps them safe, and the evil one(B) cannot harm them.(C)

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Satan, who is the god of this world, has blinded the minds of those who don’t believe. They are unable to see the glorious light of the Good News. They don’t understand this message about the glory of Christ, who is the exact likeness of God.

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The god(A) of this age(B) has blinded(C) the minds of unbelievers, so that they cannot see the light of the gospel that displays the glory of Christ,(D) who is the image of God.(E)

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