John 3:6 - Forerunner Commentary

John 3:6

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, ^aunless one is born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God.

6 That which is born of the flesh is ^aflesh, 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 ^aThe 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, ^a“How can these things be?”

10 Jesus answered and said to him, “Are you the teacher of Israel, and do not know these things?

Verse Comparison: John 3:6

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American Standard Version
That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.

Amplified® Bible
What is born of [from] the flesh is flesh [of the physical is physical]; and what is born of the Spirit is spirit.

Contemporary English Version
Humans give life to their children. Yet only God's Spirit can change you into a child of God.

Darby English Version
That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.

Good News Bible
A person is born physically of human parents, but is born spiritually of the Spirit.

International Standard Version
What is born of the flesh is flesh, and what is born of the Spirit is spirit.

King James Version
That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.

New American Standard Bible
"That which is born of the flesh is flesh, and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.

New International Version
Flesh gives birth to flesh, but the Spirit gives birth to spirit.

New King James Version
That which is born of the flesh is flesh, and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
"That which has become born of the flesh has the composition of flesh, and that which has become born of the Spirit has the composition of spirit.

Young's Literal Translation
that which hath been born of the flesh is flesh, and that which hath been born of the Spirit is spirit.

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