May 20, 21
John 3
Joh 3:1 Now there was a
man of the Pharisees named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews.
Joh 3:2 The same came
to him by night, and said to him, "Rabbi, we know that you are a
teacher come from God, for no one can do these signs that you do,
unless God is with him."
Joh 3:3 Jesus answered
him, "Most certainly, I tell you, unless one is born anew, he
can't see the Kingdom of God."
Joh 3:4 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?"
Joh 3:5 Jesus answered,
"Most certainly I tell you, unless one is born of water and
spirit, he can't enter into the Kingdom of God!
Joh 3:6 That which is
born of the flesh is flesh. That which is born of the Spirit is
spirit.
Joh 3:7 Don't marvel
that I said to you, 'You must be born anew.'
Joh 3:8 The wind blows
where it wants to, and you hear its sound, but don't know where it
comes from and where it is going. So is everyone who is born of the
Spirit."
Joh 3:9 Nicodemus
answered him, "How can these things be?"
Joh 3:10 Jesus answered
him, "Are you the teacher of Israel, and don't understand these
things?
Joh 3:11 Most certainly
I tell you, we speak that which we know, and testify of that which we
have seen, and you don't receive our witness.
Joh 3:12 If I told you
earthly things and you don't believe, how will you believe if I tell
you heavenly things?
Joh 3:13 No one has
ascended into heaven, but he who descended out of heaven, the Son of
Man, who is in heaven.
Joh 3:14 As Moses
lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of Man
be lifted up,
Joh 3:15 that whoever
believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life.
Joh 3:16 For God so
loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever
believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life.
Joh 3:17 For God didn't
send his Son into the world to judge the world, but that the world
should be saved through him.
Joh 3:18 He who
believes in him is not judged. He who doesn't believe has been judged
already, because he has not believed in the name of the one and only
Son of God.
Joh 3:19 This is the
judgment, that the light has come into the world, and men loved the
darkness rather than the light; for their works were evil.
Joh 3:20 For everyone
who does evil hates the light, and doesn't come to the light, lest
his works would be exposed.
Joh 3:21 But he who
does the truth comes to the light, that his works may be revealed,
that they have been done in God."
Joh 3:22 After these
things, Jesus came with his disciples into the land of Judea. He
stayed there with them, and baptized.
Joh 3:23 John also was
baptizing in Enon near Salim, because there was much water there.
They came, and were baptized.
Joh 3:24 For John was
not yet thrown into prison.
Joh 3:25 There arose
therefore a questioning on the part of John's disciples with some
Jews about purification.
Joh 3:26 They came to
John, and said to him, "Rabbi, he who was with you beyond the
Jordan, to whom you have testified, behold, the same baptizes, and
everyone is coming to him."
Joh 3:27 John answered,
"A man can receive nothing, unless it has been given him from
heaven.
Joh 3:28 You yourselves
testify that I said, 'I am not the Christ,' but, 'I have been sent
before him.'
Joh 3:29 He who has the
bride is the bridegroom; but the friend of the bridegroom, who stands
and hears him, rejoices greatly because of the bridegroom's voice.
This, my joy, therefore is made full.
Joh 3:30 He must
increase, but I must decrease.
Joh 3:31 He who comes
from above is above all. He who is from the Earth belongs to the
Earth, and speaks of the Earth. He who comes from heaven is above
all.
Joh 3:32 What he has
seen and heard, of that he testifies; and no one receives his
witness.
Joh 3:33 He who has
received his witness has set his seal to this, that God is true.
Joh 3:34 For he whom
God has sent speaks the words of God; for God gives the Spirit
without measure.
Joh 3:35 The Father
loves the Son, and has given all things into his hand.
Joh 3:36 One who
believes in the Son has eternal life, but one who disobeys the Son
won't see life, but the wrath of God remains on him."