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John 3
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The New Birth

3 There was a man of the Pharisees named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews. 2 (A)This man came to Jesus by night and said to Him, “Rabbi, we know that You are a teacher come from God; for (B)no one can do these signs that You do unless (C)God is with him.”

3 Jesus answered and said to him, “Most assuredly, I say to you, (D)unless one is born [a]again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.”

4 Nicodemus said to Him, “How can a man be born when he is old? Can he enter a second time into his mother’s womb and be born?”

5 Jesus answered, “Most assuredly, I say to you, (E)unless one is born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God. 6 That which is born of the flesh is (F)flesh, and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit. 7 Do not marvel that I said to you, ‘You must be born again.’ 8 (G)The wind blows where it wishes, and you hear the sound of it, but cannot tell where it comes from and where it goes. So is everyone who is born of the Spirit.”

9 Nicodemus answered and said to Him, (H)“How can these things be?”

10 Jesus answered and said to him, “Are you the teacher of Israel, and do not know these things? 11 (I)Most assuredly, I say to you, We speak what We know and testify what We have seen, and (J)you do not receive Our witness. 12 If I have told you earthly things and you do not believe, how will you believe if I tell you heavenly things? 13 (K)No one has ascended to heaven but He who came down from heaven, that is, the Son of Man [b]who is in heaven. 14 (L)And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so (M)must the Son of Man be lifted up, 15 that whoever (N)believes in Him should [c]not perish but (O)have eternal life. 16 (P)For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten (Q)Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. 17 (R)For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved.

18 (S)“He who believes in Him is not condemned; but he who does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God. 19 And this is the condemnation, (T)that the light has come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil. 20 For (U)everyone practicing evil hates the light and does not come to the light, lest his deeds should be exposed. 21 But he who does the truth comes to the light, that his deeds may be clearly seen, that they have been (V)done in God.”

John the Baptist Exalts Christ

22 After these things Jesus and His disciples came into the land of Judea, and there He remained with them (W)and baptized. 23 Now John also was baptizing in Aenon near (X)Salim, because there was much water there. (Y)And they came and were baptized. 24 For (Z)John had not yet been thrown into prison.

25 Then there arose a dispute between some of John’s disciples and the Jews about purification. 26 And they came to John and said to him, “Rabbi, He who was with you beyond the Jordan, (AA)to whom you have testified—behold, He is baptizing, and all (AB)are coming to Him!”

27 John answered and said, (AC)“A man can receive nothing unless it has been given to him from heaven. 28 You yourselves bear me witness, that I said, (AD)‘I am not the Christ,’ but, (AE)‘I have been sent before Him.’ 29 (AF)He who has the bride is the bridegroom; but (AG)the friend of the bridegroom, who stands and hears him, rejoices greatly because of the bridegroom’s voice. Therefore this joy of mine is fulfilled. 30 (AH)He must increase, but I must decrease. 31 (AI)He who comes from above (AJ)is above all; (AK)he who is of the earth is earthly and speaks of the earth. (AL)He who comes from heaven is above all. 32 And (AM)what He has seen and heard, that He testifies; and no one receives His testimony. 33 He who has received His testimony (AN)has certified that God is true. 34 (AO)For He whom God has sent speaks the words of God, for God does not give the Spirit (AP)by measure. 35 (AQ)The Father loves the Son, and has given all things into His hand. 36 (AR)He who believes in the Son has everlasting life; and he who does not believe the Son shall not see life, but the (AS)wrath of God abides on him.”

Footnotes

  1. John 3:3 Or from above
  2. John 3:13 NU omits who is in heaven
  3. John 3:15 NU omits not perish but
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Giovanni 3
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Gesú e Nicodemo: la nuova nascita

3 (A)C'era tra i *farisei un uomo chiamato *Nicodemo, uno dei capi dei Giudei. 2 Egli venne di notte da Gesú, e gli disse: «*Rabbí, noi sappiamo che tu sei un *dottore venuto da Dio; perché nessuno può fare questi miracoli[a] che tu fai, se Dio non è con lui». 3 Gesú gli rispose: «In verità, in verità ti dico che se uno non è nato di nuovo[b] non può vedere il regno di Dio». 4 Nicodemo gli disse: «Come può un uomo nascere quando è già vecchio? Può egli entrare una seconda volta nel grembo di sua madre e nascere?» 5 Gesú rispose: «In verità, in verità ti dico che se uno non è nato d'acqua e di Spirito, non può entrare nel regno di Dio. 6 Quello che è nato dalla carne, è carne; e quello che è nato dallo Spirito, è spirito. 7 Non ti meravigliare se ti ho detto: “Bisogna che nasciate di nuovo[c]”. 8 Il vento soffia dove vuole, e tu ne odi il rumore, ma non sai né da dove viene né dove va; cosí è di chiunque è nato dallo Spirito». 9 Nicodemo replicò e gli disse: «Come possono avvenire queste cose?» 10 Gesú gli rispose: «Tu sei maestro d'*Israele e non sai queste cose? 11 In verità, in verità ti dico che noi parliamo di ciò che sappiamo e testimoniamo di ciò che abbiamo visto; ma voi non ricevete la nostra testimonianza. 12 Se vi ho parlato delle cose terrene e non credete, come crederete se vi parlerò delle cose celesti? 13 Nessuno è salito in cielo, se non colui che è disceso dal cielo: il *Figlio dell'uomo [che è nel cielo].

14 (B)«E, come *Mosè innalzò il serpente nel deserto, cosí bisogna che il Figlio dell'uomo sia innalzato, 15 affinché chiunque crede in lui abbia vita eterna. 16 Perché Dio ha tanto amato il mondo, che ha dato il suo unigenito Figlio[d], affinché chiunque crede in lui non perisca, ma abbia vita eterna. 17 Infatti Dio non ha mandato suo Figlio nel mondo per giudicare il mondo, ma perché il mondo sia salvato per mezzo di lui. 18 Chi crede in lui non è giudicato; chi non crede è già giudicato, perché non ha creduto nel nome dell'unigenito *Figlio di Dio. 19 Il giudizio è questo: la luce è venuta nel mondo e gli uomini hanno preferito le tenebre alla luce, perché le loro opere erano malvagie. 20 Perché chiunque fa cose malvagie odia la luce e non viene alla luce, affinché le sue opere non siano scoperte; 21 ma chi mette in pratica la verità viene alla luce, affinché le sue opere siano manifestate, perché sono fatte in Dio».

Nuova testimonianza di Giovanni il battista

22 (C)Dopo queste cose, Gesú andò con i suoi discepoli nelle campagne della *Giudea; là si trattenne con loro e battezzava. 23 Anche *Giovanni stava battezzando a Enon, presso Salim[e], perché là c'era molta acqua; e la gente veniva a farsi battezzare. 24 Giovanni, infatti, non era ancora stato messo in prigione.

25 Nacque dunque una discussione sulla purificazione, tra i discepoli di Giovanni e un Giudeo. 26 E andarono da Giovanni e gli dissero: «Rabbí, colui che era con te di là dal *Giordano, e al quale rendesti testimonianza, eccolo che battezza, e tutti vanno da lui». 27 Giovanni rispose: «L'uomo non può ricevere nulla se non gli è dato dal cielo. 28 Voi stessi mi siete testimoni che ho detto: “Io non sono il Cristo, ma sono mandato davanti a lui”. 29 Colui che ha la *sposa è lo sposo; ma l'amico dello sposo, che è presente e l'ascolta, si rallegra vivamente alla voce dello sposo; questa gioia, che è la mia, è ora completa. 30 Bisogna che egli cresca, e che io diminuisca. 31 Colui che viene dall'alto è sopra tutti; colui che viene dalla terra è della terra e parla come uno che è della terra; colui che vien dal cielo è sopra tutti. 32 Egli rende testimonianza di quello che ha visto e udito, ma nessuno riceve la sua testimonianza. 33 Chi ha ricevuto la sua testimonianza ha confermato[f] che Dio è veritiero. 34 Perché colui che Dio ha mandato dice le parole di Dio; Dio infatti non dà lo Spirito con misura. 35 Il Padre ama il Figlio, e gli ha dato ogni cosa in mano. 36 Chi crede nel Figlio ha vita eterna, chi invece rifiuta di credere al Figlio non vedrà la vita, ma l'ira di Dio rimane su di lui».

Footnotes

  1. Giovanni 3:2 Miracoli, lett. segni.
  2. Giovanni 3:3 Se uno non è nato di nuovo, altri traducono: se uno non è nato da alto (vd. Gv 3:31); e cfr. Gv1:13 ono nati da Dio.
  3. Giovanni 3:7 Che nasciate di nuovo, altri traducono: che nasciate da alto.
  4. Giovanni 3:16 Unigenito Figlio, può anche essere tradotto Figlio di un solo genere, cioè unico nel suo genere.
  5. Giovanni 3:23 Enon… Salim, sono due località di cui non si conosce la posizione geografica.
  6. Giovanni 3:33 Ha confermato, lett. ha sigillato.
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John 3
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Jesus Teaches Nicodemus

3 Now there was a Pharisee, a man named Nicodemus(A) who was a member of the Jewish ruling council.(B) 2 He came to Jesus at night and said, “Rabbi,(C) we know(D) that you are a teacher who has come from God. For no one could perform the signs(E) you are doing if God were not with him.”(F)

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

4 “How can someone be born when they are old?” Nicodemus asked. “Surely they cannot enter a second time into their mother’s womb to be born!”

5 Jesus answered, “Very truly I tell you, no one can enter the kingdom of God unless they are born of water and the Spirit.(H) 6 Flesh gives birth to flesh, but the Spirit[b] gives birth to spirit.(I) 7 You should not be surprised at my saying, ‘You[c] must be born again.’ 8 The wind blows wherever it pleases. You hear its sound, but you cannot tell where it comes from or where it is going. So it is with everyone born of the Spirit.”[d](J)

9 “How can this be?”(K) Nicodemus asked.

10 “You are Israel’s teacher,”(L) said Jesus, “and do you not understand these things? 11 Very truly I tell you, we speak of what we know,(M) and we testify to what we have seen, but still you people do not accept our testimony.(N) 12 I have spoken to you of earthly things and you do not believe; how then will you believe if I speak of heavenly things? 13 No one has ever gone into heaven(O) except the one who came from heaven(P)—the Son of Man.[e](Q) 14 Just as Moses lifted up the snake in the wilderness,(R) so the Son of Man must be lifted up,[f](S) 15 that everyone who believes(T) may have eternal life in him.”[g](U)

16 For God so loved(V) the world that he gave(W) his one and only Son,(X) that whoever believes(Y) in him shall not perish but have eternal life.(Z) 17 For God did not send his Son into the world(AA) to condemn the world, but to save the world through him.(AB) 18 Whoever believes in him is not condemned,(AC) but whoever does not believe stands condemned already because they have not believed in the name of God’s one and only Son.(AD) 19 This is the verdict: Light(AE) has come into the world, but people loved darkness instead of light because their deeds were evil.(AF) 20 Everyone who does evil hates the light, and will not come into the light for fear that their deeds will be exposed.(AG) 21 But whoever lives by the truth comes into the light, so that it may be seen plainly that what they have done has been done in the sight of God.

John Testifies Again About Jesus

22 After this, Jesus and his disciples went out into the Judean countryside, where he spent some time with them, and baptized.(AH) 23 Now John(AI) also was baptizing at Aenon near Salim, because there was plenty of water, and people were coming and being baptized. 24 (This was before John was put in prison.)(AJ) 25 An argument developed between some of John’s disciples and a certain Jew over the matter of ceremonial washing.(AK) 26 They came to John and said to him, “Rabbi,(AL) that man who was with you on the other side of the Jordan—the one you testified(AM) about—look, he is baptizing, and everyone is going to him.”

27 To this John replied, “A person can receive only what is given them from heaven. 28 You yourselves can testify that I said, ‘I am not the Messiah but am sent ahead of him.’(AN) 29 The bride belongs to the bridegroom.(AO) The friend who attends the bridegroom waits and listens for him, and is full of joy when he hears the bridegroom’s voice. That joy is mine, and it is now complete.(AP) 30 He must become greater; I must become less.”[h]

31 The one who comes from above(AQ) is above all; the one who is from the earth belongs to the earth, and speaks as one from the earth.(AR) The one who comes from heaven is above all. 32 He testifies to what he has seen and heard,(AS) but no one accepts his testimony.(AT) 33 Whoever has accepted it has certified that God is truthful. 34 For the one whom God has sent(AU) speaks the words of God, for God[i] gives the Spirit(AV) without limit. 35 The Father loves the Son and has placed everything in his hands.(AW) 36 Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life,(AX) but whoever rejects the Son will not see life, for God’s wrath remains on them.

Footnotes

  1. John 3:3 The Greek for again also means from above; also in verse 7.
  2. John 3:6 Or but spirit
  3. John 3:7 The Greek is plural.
  4. John 3:8 The Greek for Spirit is the same as that for wind.
  5. John 3:13 Some manuscripts Man, who is in heaven
  6. John 3:14 The Greek for lifted up also means exalted.
  7. John 3:15 Some interpreters end the quotation with verse 21.
  8. John 3:30 Some interpreters end the quotation with verse 36.
  9. John 3:34 Greek he
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