 | James H. Dobbins - 2004 - 536 pagini
...John, we find the discourse between Jesus and Nicodemus. In this dialogue, Jesus tells Nicodemus that "no one can enter the kingdom of God without being born of water and the spirit. What is born of flesh is flesh and what is born of spirit is spirit." (Jn 3:5-6) This is... | |
 | Roger E. Van Harn - 2005 - 662 pagini
...physical impossibility. But even as the Pharisee protests, Jesus persists, "Very truly, I tell you, no one can enter the kingdom of God without being...is flesh, and what is born of the Spirit is spirit. Do not be astonished that I said to you, 'You must be born from above.'" The crucial Greek word here... | |
 | Paul J. Philibert - 2005 - 188 pagini
...water is a sign of the Spirit's transforming action in the water of baptism: "Very truly, I tell you, no one can enter the kingdom of God without being...is flesh, and what is born of the Spirit is spirit" (John 3:5-6). Further, the blood of Christ's sacrifice is shared with his disciples at the eucharistic... | |
 | William C. Placher - 2005 - 492 pagini
...one enter a second time into the mother's womb and be born?" Jesus answered, "Very truly, I tell you, no one can enter the kingdom of God without being...is flesh, and what is born of the Spirit is spirit. Do not be astonished that I said to you, 'You must be born from above.' The wind blows where it chooses,... | |
 | E. Drewermann - 2005 - 196 pagini
...cannot reenter his mother's womb and be born again, can he?" Jesus answered, "Amen, amen, I say to you, no one can enter the kingdom of God without being born of water and Spirit. What is born of flesh is flesh and what is born of spirit is spirit. Do not be amazed that I told you, 'You must be... | |
 | Michael Rowles - 2005 - 272 pagini
...flesh is flesh, and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit. (New American Standard Bible — 1995) What is born of the flesh is flesh, and what is born of the Spirit is spirit. (New Revised Standard Version — 1989) Men can only reproduce human life, but the Holy Spirit gives... | |
 | Beverly Jane Phillips - 2005 - 161 pagini
...and asked how it is possible to return to his mother's womb and be born again. Jesus answered that what is born of the flesh is flesh and what is born of the Spirit is spirit. Jesus used a metaphor to explain to Nicodemus what needs to happen in his life if he is to become a... | |
 | Margaret Nutting Ralph - 2005 - 248 pagini
...is not talking about physical birth, but spiritual birth. So Jesus says, "Amen, amen, I say to you, no one can enter the kingdom of God without being born of water and Spirit" (John 3:5). This is the allegorical level of meaning being taught by the story of the wedding at Cana... | |
 | Denis Robert McNamara - 2005 - 170 pagini
...modern expression. Below left: The rich baptistry, including a quote over the doorway from John 3:5: "No one can enter the kingdom of God without being born of water and Spirit." The building history of St. Giles parish began shortly after its founding with a long wooden portable... | |
 | Eugene H. Peterson - 2008 - 381 pagini
...can so much as catch his breath, Jesus adds another metaphor, even odder than the first: "I tell you, no one can enter the kingdom of God without being born of water and Spirit" (3:5). Wind, Breath, and Spirit are the same word in the Aramaic that Jesus presumably spoke and also... | |
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Very truly, I tell you, no one can enter the kingdom of God without being born of water and Spirit. What is born of the flesh is flesh, and what is born of the Spirit is spirit. 
