John 3 — RVA
3Verse 1Now there was a man of the Pharisees, named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews:Verse 2The same came unto him by night, and said to him, Rabbi, we know that thou art a teacher come from God: for no man can do these signs that thou doest, except God be with him.Verse 3Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born anew, he cannot see the kingdom of God.Verse 4Nicodemus saith unto 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?Verse 5Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.Verse 6That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.Verse 7Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye must be born anew.Verse 8The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the voice thereof, but knowest not whence it cometh, and whither it goeth: so is every one that is born of the Spirit.Verse 9Nicodemus answered and said unto him, How can these things be?Verse 10Jesus answered and said unto him, Art thou the teacher of Israel, and understandest not these things?Verse 11Verily, verily, I say unto thee, We speak that we do know, and bear witness of that we have seen; and ye receive not our witness.Verse 12If I told you earthly things, and ye believe not, how shall ye believe, if I tell you heavenly things?Verse 13And no man hath ascended into heaven, but he that descended out of heaven, even the Son of man, which is in heaven.Verse 14And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of man be lifted up:Verse 15that whosoever believeth may in him have eternal life.Verse 16For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth on him should not perish, but have eternal life.Verse 17For God sent not the Son into the world to judge the world; but that the world should be saved through him.Verse 18He that believeth on him is not judged: he that believeth not hath been judged already, because he hath not believed on the name of the only begotten Son of God.Verse 19And this is the judgment, that the light is come into the world, and men loved the darkness rather than the light; for their works were evil.Verse 20For every one that doeth ill hateth the light, and cometh not to the light, lest his works should be reproved.Verse 21But he that doeth the truth cometh to the light, that his works may be made manifest, that they have been wrought in God.Verse 22After these things came Jesus and his disciples into the land of Judaea; and there he tarried with them, and baptized.Verse 23And John also was baptizing in AEnon near to Salim, because there was much water there: and they came, and were baptized.Verse 24For John was not yet cast into prison.Verse 25There arose therefore a questioning on the part of John’s disciples with a Jew about purifying.Verse 26And they came unto John, and said to him, Rabbi, he that was with thee beyond Jordan, to whom thou hast borne witness, behold, the same baptizeth, and all men come to him.Verse 27John answered and said, A man can receive nothing, except it have been given him from heaven.Verse 28Ye yourselves bear me witness, that I said, I am not the Christ, but, that I am sent before him.Verse 29He that hath the bride is the bridegroom: but the friend of the bridegroom, which standeth and heareth him, rejoiceth greatly because of the bridegroom’s voice: this my joy therefore is fulfilled.Verse 30He must increase, but I must decrease.Verse 31He that cometh from above is above all: he that is of the earth is of the earth, and of the earth he speaketh: he that cometh from heaven is above all.Verse 32What he hath seen and heard, of that he beareth witness; and no man receiveth his witness.Verse 33He that hath received his witness hath set his seal to this, that God is true.Verse 34For he whom God hath sent speaketh the words of God: for he giveth not the Spirit by measure.Verse 35The Father loveth the Son, and hath given all things into his hand.Verse 36He that believeth on the Son hath eternal life; but he that obeyeth not the Son shall not see life, but the wrath of God abideth on him.