Holy Bible, The New Living Translation
Book of John
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Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 3:3 DSN -> Synopsis on 3:3 GEB -> Study Notes on 3:3 GSB -> Study Notes on 3:3 JFB -> Commentary on 3:3 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 3:3 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 3:3 PNT -> Commentary on 3:3 RWP -> Study Notes on 3:3 SRN -> Study Notes on 3:3 TFG -> Commentary on 3:3 TSK -> Commentary on 3:3 TSK -> Entry for 3:3 WEN -> Notes on 3:3 NTB -> Heart; Jesus, The Christ; Life; Man; Nicodemus; Regeneration; Salvation TTT -> Baptism; Life, Spiritual; New Birth, The; Salvation EBD -> Birth; John, First Epistle of; Nicodemus; Regeneration; Sin UTM -> Devotional using 3:3 TV -> Devotional using 3:3 WJD -> Devotional using 3:3 TV -> Devotional using 3:3 WJD -> Devotional using 3:3 TV -> Devotional using 3:3 3:3 - [In Context] Jesus replied, "I assure you, unless you are born again, F15 you can never see the Kingdom of God."
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 3:4 DSN -> Synopsis on 3:4 GEB -> Study Notes on 3:4 GSB -> Study Notes on 3:4 JFB -> Commentary on 3:4 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 3:4 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 3:4 PNT -> Commentary on 3:4 RWP -> Study Notes on 3:4 TFG -> Commentary on 3:4 TSK -> Commentary on 3:4 TSK -> Entry for 3:4 WEN -> Notes on 3:4 NTB -> Blindness; Jesus, The Christ; Life; Man; Nicodemus; Regeneration; Salvation TTT -> Life, Spiritual; New Birth, The EBD -> Birth; Nicodemus; Sin WJD -> Devotional using 3:4 WJD -> Devotional using 3:4 3:4 - [In Context] "What do you mean?" exclaimed Nicodemus. "How can an old man go back into his mother's womb and be born again?"
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 3:5 DSN -> Synopsis on 3:5 GEB -> Study Notes on 3:5 GSB -> Study Notes on 3:5 JFB -> Commentary on 3:5 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 3:5 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 3:5 PNT -> Commentary on 3:5 RWP -> Study Notes on 3:5 TFG -> Commentary on 3:5 TSK -> Commentary on 3:5 TSK -> Entry for 3:5 WEN -> Notes on 3:5 NTB -> Baptism; Holy Spirit; Jesus, The Christ; Life; Man; Nicodemus; Regeneration; Salvation; Symbols And Similitudes TTT -> Baptism; Baptism with the Holy Spirit; Emblems of the Holy Spirit, The; Holy Spirit, The, is God; Life, Spiritual EBD -> Birth; John, First Epistle of; Nicodemus; Regeneration TV -> Devotional using 3:5 WJD -> Devotional using 3:5 TV -> Devotional using 3:5 WJD -> Devotional using 3:5 TV -> Devotional using 3:5 3:5 - [In Context] Jesus replied, "The truth is, no one can enter the Kingdom of God without being born of water and the Spirit. F16
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 3:6 DSN -> Synopsis on 3:6 GEB -> Study Notes on 3:6 GSB -> Study Notes on 3:6 JFB -> Commentary on 3:6 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 3:6 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 3:6 PNT -> Commentary on 3:6 RWP -> Study Notes on 3:6 TFG -> Commentary on 3:6 TSK -> Commentary on 3:6 TSK -> Entry for 3:6 WEN -> Notes on 3:6 NTB -> Heredity; Holy Spirit; Jesus, The Christ; Life; Man; Nicodemus; Regeneration; Salvation TTT -> Fall of Man, The; Holy Spirit, The, is God; Life, Spiritual; New Birth, The; Titles and Names of the Holy Spirit EBD -> Birth; Nicodemus WJD -> Devotional using 3:6 WJD -> Devotional using 3:6 3:6 - [In Context] Humans can reproduce only human life, but the Holy Spirit gives new life from heaven.
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 3:7 DSN -> Synopsis on 3:7 GEB -> Study Notes on 3:7 GSB -> Study Notes on 3:7 JFB -> Commentary on 3:7 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 3:7 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 3:7 PNT -> Commentary on 3:7 RWP -> Study Notes on 3:7 TFG -> Commentary on 3:7 TSK -> Commentary on 3:7 TSK -> Entry for 3:7 WEN -> Notes on 3:7 NTB -> Blindness; Heart; Heredity; Jesus, The Christ; Life; Man; Nicodemus; Regeneration; Salvation; Unbelief TTT -> Life, Spiritual EBD -> Birth; Fall of man; Nicodemus UTM -> Devotional using 3:7 SPG -> Devotional using 3:7 WJD -> Devotional using 3:7 WJD -> Devotional using 3:7 3:7 - [In Context] So don't be surprised at my statement that you F17 must be born again.
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 3:8 DSN -> Synopsis on 3:8 GEB -> Study Notes on 3:8 GSB -> Study Notes on 3:8 JFB -> Commentary on 3:8 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 3:8 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 3:8 PNT -> Commentary on 3:8 RWP -> Study Notes on 3:8 TFG -> Commentary on 3:8 TSK -> Commentary on 3:8 TSK -> Entry for 3:8 WEN -> Notes on 3:8 NTB -> Jesus, The Christ; Life; Man; Meteorology And Celestial Phenomena; Mysteries; Nicodemus; Regeneration; Salvation; Symbols And Similitudes; Wind TTT -> Emblems of the Holy Spirit, The; Life, Spiritual; New Birth, The; Wind, The EBD -> Birth; Nicodemus WJD -> Devotional using 3:8 WJD -> Devotional using 3:8 3:8 - [In Context] Just as you can hear the wind but can't tell where it comes from or where it is going, so you can't explain how people are born of the Spirit."
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 3:9 DSN -> Synopsis on 3:9 GEB -> Study Notes on 3:9 GSB -> Study Notes on 3:9 JFB -> Commentary on 3:9 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 3:9 PNT -> Commentary on 3:9 RWP -> Study Notes on 3:9 TSK -> Commentary on 3:9 TSK -> Entry for 3:9 WEN -> Notes on 3:9 NTB -> Blindness; Jesus, The Christ; Life; Mysteries; Nicodemus; Salvation EBD -> Nicodemus WJD -> Devotional using 3:9 WJD -> Devotional using 3:9 3:9 - [In Context] "What do you mean?" Nicodemus asked.
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 3:10 DSN -> Synopsis on 3:10 GEB -> Study Notes on 3:10 GSB -> Study Notes on 3:10 JFB -> Commentary on 3:10 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 3:10 PNT -> Commentary on 3:10 RWP -> Study Notes on 3:10 SRN -> Study Notes on 3:10 TFG -> Commentary on 3:10 TSK -> Commentary on 3:10 TSK -> Entry for 3:10 WEN -> Notes on 3:10 NTB -> Blindness; Jesus, The Christ; Life; Minister, Christian; Mysteries; Nicodemus; Salvation; Scriptures TTT -> Ignorance of God EBD -> Nicodemus SBD -> Nicodemus WJD -> Devotional using 3:10 WJD -> Devotional using 3:10 3:10 - [In Context] Jesus replied, "You are a respected Jewish teacher, and yet you don't understand these things?
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 3:11 DSN -> Synopsis on 3:11 GEB -> Study Notes on 3:11 GSB -> Study Notes on 3:11 JFB -> Commentary on 3:11 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 3:11 PNT -> Commentary on 3:11 RWP -> Study Notes on 3:11 TFG -> Commentary on 3:11 TSK -> Commentary on 3:11 TSK -> Entry for 3:11 WEN -> Notes on 3:11 NTB -> Blindness; Jesus, The Christ; Jesus, The Christ (continued); Life; Mysteries; Salvation; Unbelief EBD -> Nicodemus WJD -> Devotional using 3:11 WJD -> Devotional using 3:11 3:11 - [In Context] I assure you, I am telling you what we know and have seen, and yet you won't believe us.
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 3:12 DSN -> Synopsis on 3:12 GEB -> Study Notes on 3:12 GSB -> Study Notes on 3:12 JFB -> Commentary on 3:12 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 3:12 PNT -> Commentary on 3:12 RWP -> Study Notes on 3:12 TFG -> Commentary on 3:12 TSK -> Commentary on 3:12 TSK -> Entry for 3:12 WEN -> Notes on 3:12 NTB -> Blindness; Jesus, The Christ; Jesus, The Christ (continued); Life; Mysteries; Salvation; Unbelief EBD -> Cain; Nicodemus WJD -> Devotional using 3:12 WJD -> Devotional using 3:12 3:12 - [In Context] But if you don't even believe me when I tell you about things that happen here on earth, how can you possibly believe if I tell you what is going on in heaven?
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 3:13 DSN -> Synopsis on 3:13 GEB -> Study Notes on 3:13 GSB -> Study Notes on 3:13 JFB -> Commentary on 3:13 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 3:13 PNT -> Commentary on 3:13 RWP -> Study Notes on 3:13 SRN -> Study Notes on 3:13 TFG -> Commentary on 3:13 TSK -> Commentary on 3:13 TSK -> Entry for 3:13 WEN -> Notes on 3:13 NTB -> Jesus, The Christ; Jesus, The Christ (continued); Life TTT -> Christ is God; Christ, the Prophet EBD -> Nicodemus SPG -> Devotional using 3:13 WJD -> Devotional using 3:13 WJD -> Devotional using 3:13 3:13 - [In Context] For only I, the Son of Man, F18 have come to earth and will return to heaven again.
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 3:14 DSN -> Synopsis on 3:14 GEB -> Study Notes on 3:14 GSB -> Study Notes on 3:14 JFB -> Commentary on 3:14 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 3:14 PNT -> Commentary on 3:14 RWP -> Study Notes on 3:14 TFG -> Commentary on 3:14 TSK -> Commentary on 3:14 TSK -> Entry for 3:14 WEN -> Notes on 3:14 NTB -> Brazen Serpent; Faith; Immortality; Jesus, The Christ; Jesus, The Christ (continued); Life; Salvation; Symbols And Similitudes; Types TTT -> Anger of God, The; Death of Christ, The; Salvation; Serpents; Types of Christ EBD -> Brass; Call; John, First Epistle of; Nicodemus; Pentateuch; Serpent, Fiery SBD -> Serpent WJD -> Devotional using 3:14 WJD -> Devotional using 3:14 3:14 - [In Context] And as Moses lifted up the bronze snake on a pole in the wilderness, so I, the Son of Man, must be lifted up on a pole, F19
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 3:15 DSN -> Synopsis on 3:15 GEB -> Study Notes on 3:15 GSB -> Study Notes on 3:15 JFB -> Commentary on 3:15 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 3:15 PNT -> Commentary on 3:15 RWP -> Study Notes on 3:15 TFG -> Commentary on 3:15 TSK -> Commentary on 3:15 TSK -> Entry for 3:15 WEN -> Notes on 3:15 NTB -> Brazen Serpent; Faith; Immortality; Jesus, The Christ; Jesus, The Christ (continued); Life; Righteous; Salvation; Types; Wicked (People) TTT -> Anger of God, The; Faith; Life, Eternal; Salvation; Serpents; Types of Christ EBD -> Brass; Call; Life; Nicodemus; Serpent, Fiery SBD -> Serpent WJD -> Devotional using 3:15 WJD -> Devotional using 3:15 3:15 - [In Context] so that everyone who believes in me will have eternal life.
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 3:16 DSN -> Synopsis on 3:16 GEB -> Study Notes on 3:16 GSB -> Study Notes on 3:16 JFB -> Commentary on 3:16 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 3:16 PNT -> Commentary on 3:16 RWP -> Study Notes on 3:16 SRN -> Study Notes on 3:16 TFG -> Commentary on 3:16 TSK -> Commentary on 3:16 TSK -> Entry for 3:16 WEN -> Notes on 3:16 NTB -> Condescension Of God; Faith; Gifts From God; God (continued); Immortality; Jesus, The Christ; Jesus, The Christ (continued); Life; Righteous; Salvation; Wicked (People) TTT -> Anger of God, The; Christ is God; Compassion and Sympathy of Christ, The; Death, Eternal; Faith; Fall of Man, The; Gifts of God, The; Life, Eternal; Love of God, The; Redemption; Salvation EBD -> Atonement; Call; Faith; Life; Nicodemus UTM -> Devotional using 3:16 TV -> Devotional using 3:16 TV -> Devotional using 3:16 TV -> Devotional using 3:16 TV -> Devotional using 3:16 TV -> Devotional using 3:16 WJD -> Devotional using 3:16 TV -> Devotional using 3:16 TV -> Devotional using 3:16 WJD -> Devotional using 3:16 TV -> Devotional using 3:16 TV -> Devotional using 3:16 TV -> Devotional using 3:16 3:16 - [In Context] "For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him will not perish but have eternal life.
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 3:17 DSN -> Synopsis on 3:17 GEB -> Study Notes on 3:17 GSB -> Study Notes on 3:17 JFB -> Commentary on 3:17 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 3:17 PNT -> Commentary on 3:17 RWP -> Study Notes on 3:17 SRN -> Study Notes on 3:17 TFG -> Commentary on 3:17 TSK -> Commentary on 3:17 TSK -> Entry for 3:17 WEN -> Notes on 3:17 NTB -> God (continued); Jesus, The Christ; Jesus, The Christ (continued); Righteous; Salvation; Wicked (People) TTT -> Anger of God, The; Salvation EBD -> Alms; Call; Faith; Life; Nicodemus TV -> Devotional using 3:17 TV -> Devotional using 3:17 TV -> Devotional using 3:17 TV -> Devotional using 3:17 WJD -> Devotional using 3:17 TV -> Devotional using 3:17 TV -> Devotional using 3:17 WJD -> Devotional using 3:17 TV -> Devotional using 3:17 TV -> Devotional using 3:17 TV -> Devotional using 3:17 TV -> Devotional using 3:17 3:17 - [In Context] God did not send his Son into the world to condemn it, but to save it.
FOOTNOTES: F15: Or born from above; also in 3:7. F16: Or spirit. The Greek word for Spirit can also be translated wind; see 3:8. F17: The Greek word for you is plural; also in 3:12. F18: Some manuscripts add who lives in heaven. F19: Greek must be lifted up.

Abbreviations Legend: BCC - Burton Coffman; DSN - Darby's Synopsis; GEB - Gill's Exposition; GSB - Geneva Study Bible; JFB - Jamieson, Fausset, Brown; MHC-COM - Matthew Henry Complete; MHC-CON - Matthew Henry Concise; PNT - People's New Testament; RWP - Robertson's Word Pictures; SRN - Scofield Reference Notes; TFG - The Fourfold Gospel; TSK - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge; WEN - Wesley's Explanatory Notes; NTB - Nave's Topical Bible; TSK - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge; TTT - Torrey's Topical Textbook; EBD - Easton's Bible Dictionary; SBD - Smith's Bible Dictionary; TV - Today's Verse; WJD - What Jesus Did!; SPG - Spurgeon's Morning & Evening; UTM - My Utmost for His Highest; Copyright Statement - Holy Bible, The New Living Translation copyright © 1996 by Tyndale Charitable Trust. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers. All rights reserved. For more information about the NLT, please click here.