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John 3:3 open_in_new
born again
Regeneration:
(1) The necessity of the new birth grows out of the incapacity of the natural man to "see" or "enter into" the kingdom of God. However gifted, moral, or refined, the natural man is absolutely blind to spiritual truth, and impotent to enter the kingdom; for he can neither obey, understand, nor please God (John 3:3); (John 3:5); (John 3:6); (Psalms 51:5); (Jeremiah 17:9); (Mark 7:21-23); (1 Corinthians 2:14); (Romans 8:7); (Romans 8:8); (Ephesians 2:3).
( See Scofield) - (Matthew 6:33).
(2) The new birth is not a reformation of the old nature
( See Scofield) - (Romans 6:6)
but a creative act of the holy Spirit (John 3:5); (John 1:12); (John 1:13); (2 Corinthians 5:17); (Ephesians 2:10); (Ephesians 4:24).
(3) The condition of the new birth is faith in Christ crucified (John 3:14); (John 3:15); (John 1:12); (John 1:13); (Galatians 3:24).
(4) Through the new birth the believer becomes a partaker of the divine nature and of the life of Christ Himself (Galatians 2:20); (Ephesians 2:10); (Ephesians 4:24); (Colossians 1:27); (1 Peter 1:23-25); (2 Peter 1:4); (1 John 5:10-12).
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John 3:10 open_in_new
a master
Literally, Art thou the teacher of Israel, etc.
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John 3:13 open_in_new
Son of man
( See Scofield) - (Matthew 8:20).
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John 3:16 open_in_new
perish
(Greek, "apollumi") translated "marred," (Mark 2:22); "lost,"; (Matthew 10:6); (Matthew 15:24); (Matthew 18:11); (Luke 15:4); (Luke 15:6); (Luke 15:32). In no New Testament instance does it signify cessation of existence or of consciousness. It is the condition of every non-believer.
world
Greek, "kosmos", means "mankind".
( See Scofield) - (Matthew 4:8).
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John 3:17 open_in_new
world
Greek, "kosmos", means "mankind".
( See Scofield) - (Matthew 4:8).
condemn
Or, judge, and so in (John 3:18); (John 3:19).
Compare (John 15:22-24).
saved
( See Scofield) - (Romans 1:16).
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John 3:18 open_in_new
He that
See (John 6:40); (John 6:47); (Romans 8:1).