John 3:12
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12 If I have told you about earthly things and you do not believe, how can you believe if I tell you about heavenly things?
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1 Corinthians 3:1-2
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On Divisions in the Corinthian Church
3 And so, brothers and sisters, I could not speak to you as spiritual people but rather as fleshly, as infants in Christ.(A) 2 I fed you with milk, not solid food, for you were not ready for solid food. Even now you are still not ready,(B)
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1 Corinthians 2:7-9
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7 But we speak God’s wisdom, a hidden mystery, which God decreed before the ages for our glory 8 and which none of the rulers of this age understood, for if they had, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory. 9 But, as it is written,
“What no eye has seen, nor ear heard,
nor the human heart conceived,
what God has prepared for those who love him”—(A)
Hebrews 5:11
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Warning against Falling Away
11 About this[a] we have much to say that is hard to explain, since you have become sluggish in hearing.
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- 5.11 Or him
John 3:31-36
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The One Who Comes from Heaven
31 The one who comes from above is above all; the one who is of the earth belongs to the earth and speaks about earthly things. The one who comes from heaven is above all.(A) 32 He testifies to what he has seen and heard, yet no one accepts his testimony.(B) 33 Whoever has accepted his testimony has certified[a] this, that God is true.(C) 34 He whom God has sent speaks the words of God, for he gives the Spirit without measure.(D) 35 The Father loves the Son and has placed all things in his hands.(E) 36 Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life; whoever disobeys the Son will not see life but must endure God’s wrath.(F)
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- 3.33 Gk set a seal to
1 Peter 2:1-3
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The Living Stone and a Chosen People
2 Rid yourselves, therefore, of all malice and all guile, insincerity, envy, and all slander.(A) 2 Like newborn infants, long for the pure, spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow into salvation(B)— 3 if indeed you have tasted that the Lord is good.[a](C)
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- 2.3 Or kind
John 3:13-17
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13 No one has ascended into heaven except the one who descended from heaven, the Son of Man.[a](A) 14 And just as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so must the Son of Man be lifted up,(B) 15 that whoever believes in him may have eternal life.[b](C)
16 “For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him may not perish but may have eternal life.(D)
17 “Indeed, God did not send the Son into the world to condemn the world but in order that the world might be saved through him.(E)
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John 3:8
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8 The wind[a] blows where it chooses, and you hear the sound of it, but you do not know where it comes from or where it goes. So it is with everyone who is born of the Spirit.”(A)
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- 3.8 The same Greek word means both wind and spirit
John 3:5
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5 Jesus answered, “Very truly, I tell you, no one can enter the kingdom of God without being born of water and Spirit.(A)
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John 1:1-14
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The Word Became Flesh
1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.(A) 2 He was in the beginning with God. 3 All things came into being through him, and without him not one thing came into being. What has come into being(B) 4 in him was life,[a] and the life was the light of all people.(C) 5 The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not overtake it.
6 There was a man sent from God whose name was John. 7 He came as a witness to testify to the light, so that all might believe through him. 8 He himself was not the light, but he came to testify to the light. 9 The true light, which enlightens everyone, was coming into the world.[b](D)
10 He was in the world, and the world came into being through him, yet the world did not know him.(E) 11 He came to what was his own,[c] and his own people did not accept him. 12 But to all who received him, who believed in his name, he gave power to become children of God,(F) 13 who were born, not of blood or of the will of the flesh or of the will of man, but of God.(G)
14 And the Word became flesh and lived among us, and we have seen his glory, the glory as of a father’s only son,[d] full of grace and truth.(H)
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1 John 4:10
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10 In this is love, not that we loved God but that he loved us and sent his Son to be the atoning sacrifice for our sins.(A)
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1 Timothy 3:16
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16 Without any doubt, the mystery of godliness is great:
He[a] was revealed in flesh,
vindicated[b] in spirit,[c]
seen by angels,
proclaimed among gentiles,
believed in throughout the world,
taken up in glory.(A)
John 3:3
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3 Jesus answered him, “Very truly, I tell you, no one can see the kingdom of God without being born from above.”[a](A)
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- 3.3 Or born anew
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