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John 3:6–9

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That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.
Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye must be born again.
The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the sound thereof, but canst not tell whence it cometh, and whither it goeth: so is every one that is born of the Spirit.
Nicodemus answered and said unto him, How can these things be?
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From verse 6

  1. Galatians 5:16–21Rank 1 from verse 6
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    16This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh.

    17For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh: and these are contrary the one to the other: so that ye cannot do the things that ye would.

    18But if ye be led of the Spirit, ye are not under the law.

    19Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness,

    20Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies,

    21Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.

  2. Ezekiel 36:26–27Rank 2 from verse 6
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    26A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you: and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you an heart of flesh.

    27And I will put my spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes, and ye shall keep my judgments, and do them.

  3. Romans 8:4–9Rank 3 from verse 6
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    4That the righteousness of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.

    5For they that are after the flesh do mind the things of the flesh; but they that are after the Spirit the things of the Spirit.

    6For to be carnally minded is death; but to be spiritually minded is life and peace.

    7Because the carnal mind is enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be.

    8So then they that are in the flesh cannot please God.

    9But ye are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if so be that the Spirit of God dwell in you. Now if any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his.

  4. 2 Corinthians 5:17Rank 4 from verse 6
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    17Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.

  5. 1 Corinthians 15:47–50Rank 5 from verse 6
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    47The first man is of the earth, earthy: the second man is the Lord from heaven.

    48As is the earthy, such are they also that are earthy: and as is the heavenly, such are they also that are heavenly.

    49And as we have borne the image of the earthy, we shall also bear the image of the heavenly.

    50Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; neither doth corruption inherit incorruption.

  6. 1 Corinthians 6:17Rank 6 from verse 6
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    17But he that is joined unto the Lord is one spirit.

  7. Romans 7:18Rank 7 from verse 6
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    18For I know that in me (that is, in my flesh,) dwelleth no good thing: for to will is present with me; but how to perform that which is good I find not.

  8. 1 John 3:9Rank 8 from verse 6
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    9Whosoever is born of God doth not commit sin; for his seed remaineth in him: and he cannot sin, because he is born of God.

  9. Genesis 6:12Rank 9 from verse 6
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    12And God looked upon the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth.

  10. Romans 8:13Rank 10 from verse 6
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    13For if ye live after the flesh, ye shall die: but if ye through the Spirit do mortify the deeds of the body, ye shall live.

  11. Job 14:4Rank 11 from verse 6
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    4Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean? not one.

  12. Psalms 51:10Rank 12 from verse 6
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    10Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me.

  13. Ezekiel 11:19–20Rank 13 from verse 6
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    19And I will give them one heart, and I will put a new spirit within you; and I will take the stony heart out of their flesh, and will give them an heart of flesh:

    20That they may walk in my statutes, and keep mine ordinances, and do them: and they shall be my people, and I will be their God.

  14. Job 25:4Rank 14 from verse 6
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    4How then can man be justified with God? or how can he be clean that is born of a woman?

  15. Colossians 2:11Rank 15 from verse 6
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    11In whom also ye are circumcised with the circumcision made without hands, in putting off the body of the sins of the flesh by the circumcision of Christ:

  16. Ephesians 2:3Rank 16 from verse 6
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    3Among whom also we all had our conversation in times past in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind; and were by nature the children of wrath, even as others.

  17. Galatians 5:24Rank 17 from verse 6
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    24And they that are Christ’s have crucified the flesh with the affections and lusts.

  18. John 1:13Rank 18 from verse 6
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    13Which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.

  19. Genesis 6:5Rank 19 from verse 6
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    5¶ And God saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.

  20. Romans 7:5Rank 20 from verse 6
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    5For when we were in the flesh, the motions of sins, which were by the law, did work in our members to bring forth fruit unto death.

  21. Genesis 5:3Rank 21 from verse 6
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    3¶ And Adam lived an hundred and thirty years, and begat a son in his own likeness, after his image; and called his name Seth:

  22. Job 15:14–16Rank 22 from verse 6
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    14What is man, that he should be clean? and he which is born of a woman, that he should be righteous?

    15Behold, he putteth no trust in his saints; yea, the heavens are not clean in his sight.

    16How much more abominable and filthy is man, which drinketh iniquity like water?

  23. Romans 7:25–1Rank 23 from verse 6
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From verse 7

  1. Ephesians 4:22–24Rank 1 from verse 7
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    22That ye put off concerning the former conversation the old man, which is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts;

    23And be renewed in the spirit of your mind;

    24And that ye put on the new man, which after God is created in righteousness and true holiness.

  2. John 3:3Rank 2 from verse 7
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    3Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.

  3. Romans 12:1–2Rank 3 from verse 7
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    1I BESEECH you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.

    2And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.

  4. 1 Peter 1:22Rank 4 from verse 7
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    22Seeing ye have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit unto unfeigned love of the brethren, see that ye love one another with a pure heart fervently:

  5. John 3:12Rank 5 from verse 7
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    12If I have told you earthly things, and ye believe not, how shall ye believe, if I tell you of heavenly things?

  6. Revelation 21:27Rank 6 from verse 7
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    27And there shall in no wise enter into it any thing that defileth, neither whatsoever worketh abomination, or maketh a lie: but they which are written in the Lamb’s book of life.

  7. 1 Peter 1:14–16Rank 7 from verse 7
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    14As obedient children, not fashioning yourselves according to the former lusts in your ignorance:

    15But as he which hath called you is holy, so be ye holy in all manner of conversation;

    16Because it is written, Be ye holy; for I am holy.

  8. Colossians 1:12Rank 8 from verse 7
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    12Giving thanks unto the Father, which hath made us meet to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light:

  9. Hebrews 12:14Rank 9 from verse 7
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    14Follow peace with all men, and holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord:

  10. Matthew 13:33–35Rank 10 from verse 7
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    33¶ Another parable spake he unto them; The kingdom of heaven is like unto leaven, which a woman took, and hid in three measures of meal, till the whole was leavened.

    34All these things spake Jesus unto the multitude in parables; and without a parable spake he not unto them:

    35That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, saying, I will open my mouth in parables; I will utter things which have been kept secret from the foundation of the world.

  11. Job 15:14Rank 11 from verse 7
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    14What is man, that he should be clean? and he which is born of a woman, that he should be righteous?

  12. John 6:61–63Rank 12 from verse 7
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    61When Jesus knew in himself that his disciples murmured at it, he said unto them, Doth this offend you?

    62What and if ye shall see the Son of man ascend up where he was before?

    63It is the spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life.

  13. Romans 3:9–19Rank 13 from verse 7
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    9What then? are we better than they? No, in no wise: for we have before proved both Jews and Gentiles, that they are all under sin;

    10As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one:

    11There is none that understandeth, there is none that seeketh after God.

    12They are all gone out of the way, they are together become unprofitable; there is none that doeth good, no, not one.

    13Their throat is an open sepulchre; with their tongues they have used deceit; the poison of asps is under their lips:

    14Whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness:

    15Their feet are swift to shed blood:

    16Destruction and misery are in their ways:

    17And the way of peace have they not known:

    18There is no fear of God before their eyes.

    19Now we know that what things soever the law saith, it saith to them who are under the law: that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may become guilty before God.

  14. John 5:28Rank 14 from verse 7
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    28Marvel not at this: for the hour is coming, in the which all that are in the graves shall hear his voice,

  15. Romans 9:22–25Rank 15 from verse 7
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    22What if God, willing to shew his wrath, and to make his power known, endured with much longsuffering the vessels of wrath fitted to destruction:

    23And that he might make known the riches of his glory on the vessels of mercy, which he had afore prepared unto glory,

    24Even us, whom he hath called, not of the Jews only, but also of the Gentiles?

    25As he saith also in Osee, I will call them my people, which were not my people; and her beloved, which was not beloved.

From verse 8

  1. Ecclesiastes 11:4–5Rank 1 from verse 8
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    4He that observeth the wind shall not sow; and he that regardeth the clouds shall not reap.

    5As thou knowest not what is the way of the spirit, nor how the bones do grow in the womb of her that is with child: even so thou knowest not the works of God who maketh all.

  2. 1 Corinthians 2:11Rank 2 from verse 8
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    11For what man knoweth the things of a man, save the spirit of man which is in him? even so the things of God knoweth no man, but the Spirit of God.

  3. Acts 2:2Rank 3 from verse 8
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    2And suddenly there came a sound from heaven as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled all the house where they were sitting.

  4. Ezekiel 37:9Rank 4 from verse 8
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    9Then said he unto me, Prophesy unto the wind, prophesy, son of man, and say to the wind, Thus saith the Lord God; Come from the four winds, O breath, and breathe upon these slain, that they may live.

  5. 1 John 2:29Rank 5 from verse 8
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    29If ye know that he is righteous, ye know that every one that doeth righteousness is born of him.

  6. Mark 4:26–29Rank 6 from verse 8
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    26¶ And he said, So is the kingdom of God, as if a man should cast seed into the ground;

    27And should sleep, and rise night and day, and the seed should spring and grow up, he knoweth not how.

    28For the earth bringeth forth fruit of herself; first the blade, then the ear, after that the full corn in the ear.

    29But when the fruit is brought forth, immediately he putteth in the sickle, because the harvest is come.

  7. Acts 4:31Rank 7 from verse 8
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    31¶ And when they had prayed, the place was shaken where they were assembled together; and they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and they spake the word of God with boldness.

  8. John 1:13Rank 8 from verse 8
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    13Which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.

  9. 1 Corinthians 12:11Rank 9 from verse 8
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    11But all these worketh that one and the selfsame Spirit, dividing to every man severally as he will.

  10. Job 37:10–13Rank 10 from verse 8
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    10By the breath of God frost is given: and the breadth of the waters is straitened.

    11Also by watering he wearieth the thick cloud: he scattereth his bright cloud:

    12And it is turned round about by his counsels: that they may do whatsoever he commandeth them upon the face of the world in the earth.

    13He causeth it to come, whether for correction, or for his land, or for mercy.

  11. Job 37:16–17Rank 11 from verse 8
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    16Dost thou know the balancings of the clouds, the wondrous works of him which is perfect in knowledge?

    17How thy garments are warm, when he quieteth the earth by the south wind?

  12. Job 37:21–23Rank 12 from verse 8
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    21And now men see not the bright light which is in the clouds: but the wind passeth, and cleanseth them.

    22Fair weather cometh out of the north: with God is terrible majesty.

    23Touching the Almighty, we cannot find him out: he is excellent in power, and in judgment, and in plenty of justice: he will not afflict.

  13. 1 John 3:8–9Rank 13 from verse 8
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    8He that committeth sin is of the devil; for the devil sinneth from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil.

    9Whosoever is born of God doth not commit sin; for his seed remaineth in him: and he cannot sin, because he is born of God.

  14. Isaiah 55:9–13Rank 14 from verse 8
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    9For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts.

    10For as the rain cometh down, and the snow from heaven, and returneth not thither, but watereth the earth, and maketh it bring forth and bud, that it may give seed to the sower, and bread to the eater:

    11So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: it shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it.

    12For ye shall go out with joy, and be led forth with peace: the mountains and the hills shall break forth before you into singing, and all the trees of the field shall clap their hands.

    13Instead of the thorn shall come up the fir tree, and instead of the brier shall come up the myrtle tree: and it shall be to the Lord for a name, for an everlasting sign that shall not be cut off.

  15. Psalms 107:29Rank 15 from verse 8
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    29He maketh the storm a calm, so that the waves thereof are still.

  16. Psalms 107:25Rank 16 from verse 8
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    25For he commandeth, and raiseth the stormy wind, which lifteth up the waves thereof.

  17. Luke 6:43–44Rank 17 from verse 8
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    43For a good tree bringeth not forth corrupt fruit; neither doth a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit.

    44For every tree is known by his own fruit. For of thorns men do not gather figs, nor of a bramble bush gather they grapes.

From verse 9

  1. Isaiah 42:16Rank 1 from verse 9
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    16And I will bring the blind by a way that they knew not; I will lead them in paths that they have not known: I will make darkness light before them, and crooked things straight. These things will I do unto them, and not forsake them.

  2. John 6:52Rank 2 from verse 9
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    52The Jews therefore strove among themselves, saying, How can this man give us his flesh to eat?

  3. John 6:60Rank 3 from verse 9
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    60Many therefore of his disciples, when they had heard this, said, This is an hard saying; who can hear it?

  4. Luke 1:34Rank 4 from verse 9
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    34Then said Mary unto the angel, How shall this be, seeing I know not a man?

  5. John 3:4Rank 5 from verse 9
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    4Nicodemus saith unto him, How can a man be born when he is old? can he enter the second time into his mother’s womb, and be born?

  6. Mark 8:24–25Rank 6 from verse 9
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    24And he looked up, and said, I see men as trees, walking.

    25After that he put his hands again upon his eyes, and made him look up: and he was restored, and saw every man clearly.

  7. Proverbs 4:18Rank 7 from verse 9
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    18But the path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day.

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John 3:6

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which

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1. An interrogative or relative pronoun identifying one or more persons or things from a stated or implied set. 2. That which; what.

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flesh

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Sense 1: The soft substance of the body. Sense 2: The body, human nature, kindred, or mankind.

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spirit

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Sense 1: An immaterial living or personal being distinct from a body. Sense 2: The inward life, disposition, mind, or courage of a person. Sense 3: The Holy Spirit, the divine Spirit of God.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references

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John 3:7

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ye

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The second-person plural subject pronoun, referring to the persons being addressed as those who are, do, or receive the stated predicate.

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again

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Another time; once more; back to a former place or condition; or in return.

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John 3:8

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wind

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Sense 1: Air in motion; a current of air. Sense 2: Breath or a movement of air from breathing. Sense 3: By figure, something empty, unstable, or passing.

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thou

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The singular second-person subject pronoun, meaning you when directly addressing one person, being, or individually treated addressee.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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sound

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Sense 1: Sound: an audible noise, voice, report, or message. Sense 2: As an adjective, healthy, whole, firm, or free from error. Sense 3: As a verb, to make a noise, play or blow an instrument, or give a signal.

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but

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Sense 1: However; marking contrast or qualification. Sense 2: Except or unless; excluding all others or alternatives. Sense 3: Only; no more than what follows.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893 · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

tell

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1. To speak, relate, declare, report, inform, explain, reveal, recount, or make known. 2. To know, discern, or determine, especially in 'cannot tell' or 'who can tell.' 3. To count, number, or enumerate.

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every

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Each individual or member of the class, group, place, time, side, or kind named; all distributively.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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spirit

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Sense 1: An immaterial living or personal being distinct from a body. Sense 2: The inward life, disposition, mind, or courage of a person. Sense 3: The Holy Spirit, the divine Spirit of God.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references

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John 3:9

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answered

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Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of answer, meaning to reply, respond, or give account.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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3:1THERE was a man of the Pharisees, named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews:

3:2The same came to Jesus by night, and said unto him, Rabbi, we know that thou art a teacher come from God: for no man can do these miracles that thou doest, except God be with him.

3:3Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.

3:4Nicodemus saith unto him, How can a man be born when he is old? can he enter the second time into his mother’s womb, and be born?

3:5Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.

3:6That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.

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3:7Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye must be born again.

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3:8The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the sound thereof, but canst not tell whence it cometh, and whither it goeth: so is every one that is born of the Spirit.

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3:9Nicodemus answered and said unto him, How can these things be?

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3:10Jesus answered and said unto him, Art thou a master of Israel, and knowest not these things?

3:11Verily, verily, I say unto thee, We speak that we do know, and testify that we have seen; and ye receive not our witness.

3:12If I have told you earthly things, and ye believe not, how shall ye believe, if I tell you of heavenly things?

3:13And no man hath ascended up to heaven, but he that came down from heaven, even the Son of man which is in heaven.

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