Verse 1
John 3:1
Free Bible Version
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There was a man named Nicodemus, a Pharisee and a member of the Jewish ruling council.
Original Language Text
greek
Ἦν δὲ ἄνθρωπος ἐκ τῶν Φαρισαίων, Νικόδημος ὄνομα αὐτῷ, ἄρχων τῶν Ἰουδαίων·
English Translation
There was a man from the Pharisees, Nicodemus was his name, a ruler of the Jews.
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Chapter 3 Context
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There was a man named Nicodemus, a Pharisee and a member of the Jewish ruling council.
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He came at night to where Yashua (Jesus) was and said, “Rabbi, we know you are a teacher who has com...
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“I tell you the truth,” Yashua (Jesus) replied, “Unless you are reborn, you can't experience God (El...
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“How can you be reborn when you're old?” Nicodemus asked. “You can't go back into your mother's womb...
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“I tell you the truth, you can't enter God (Elohim)'s kingdom unless you are born of water and the S...
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“What's born of the body is body, and what's born of the Spirit is Spirit.
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Don't be surprised at my telling you, ‘You must be reborn.’
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The wind blows wherever it wants, and just as you hear the sound it makes, but don't know where it's...
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“How is this possible?” Nicodemus asked.
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“You're a famous teacher in Israel, and yet you don't understand such things?” Yashua (Jesus) replie...
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“I tell you the truth, we speak of what we know and give evidence regarding what we have seen, but y...
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If you don't trust what I say when I tell you about earthly things, how would you ever trust what I...
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No one has gone up to heaven, but the Son of man came down from heaven.
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Just as Moses lifted up the serpent in the desert, so the Son of man must be lifted up,
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For God (Elohim) loved the world, and this is how: he gave his one and only Son, so that everyone wh...
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God (Elohim) didn't send the Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through...
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Those who trust in him are not condemned, while those who don't trust in him are condemned already b...
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This is how the decision is made: the light came to the world, but people loved the darkness rather...
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All those who do evil hate the light and don't come into the light, because they don't want their ac...
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But those who do good come into the light, so that what God (Elohim) accomplishes in them can be rev...
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After this Yashua (Jesus) and his disciples went into Judea and spent some time with the people, bap...
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John was also baptizing at Aenon near Salim, because there was plenty of water there and people kept...
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(This was before John was imprisoned.)
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They went to John and told him, “Rabbi, the man you were with on the other side of the Jordan River,...
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“No one receives anything unless they're given it from heaven,” John replied.
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“You yourselves can testify that I declared, ‘I'm not the Messiah. I've been sent to prepare his way...
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The bridegroom is the one who has the bride! The best man waits, listening for the bridegroom, and i...
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He must become more important, and I must become less important.”
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He who comes from above is greater than all; he who comes from the earth belongs to the earth and ta...
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He gives evidence about what he has seen and heard, but no one accepts what he has to say.
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For the one God (Elohim) sent speaks God (Elohim)'s words, because God (Elohim) doesn't restrict the...
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Anyone who trusts in the Son has eternal life, but anyone who refuses to trust the Son will not expe...
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