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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width; initial-scale=1.0; maximum-scale=1.0; user-scalable=0;"/><title>John 3 AFV</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/john/3.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/john/3-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">AFV</a> > John 3</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../john/2.htm" title="John 2">◄</a> John 3 <a href="../john/4.htm" title="John 4">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="100%" valign="top">A Faithful Version</td></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/3-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>Now there was a man of the Pharisees, Nicodemus by name, a ruler of the Jews. <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/3-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>He came to Jesus by night and said to Him, "Rabbi, we know that You are a teacher Who has come from God; because no one is able to do the miracles that You are doing unless God is with him." <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/3-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>Jesus answered and said to him, "Truly, truly I say to you, unless anyone is born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God."</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/3-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>Nicodemus said to Him, "How can a man who is old be born? Can he enter his mother's womb a second time and be born?" <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/3-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>Jesus answered, "Truly, truly I say to you, unless anyone has been born of water and of Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God. <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/3-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>That which has been born of the flesh is flesh; and that which has been born of the Spirit is spirit. <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/3-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>Do not be amazed that I said to you, 'It is necessary for you to be born again <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/3-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>The wind blows where it wills, and you hear its sound, but you do not know the place from which it comes and the place to which it goes; so also is everyone who has been born of the Spirit."</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/3-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>Nicodemus answered and said to Him, "How can these things be?" <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/3-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>Jesus answered and said to him, "You are a teacher of Israel, and you do not know these things? <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/3-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>Truly, truly I say to you, We speak that which We know, and We testify of that which We have seen; but you do not receive Our testimony. <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/3-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>If I have told you earthly things, and you do not believe, how will you believe if I tell you heavenly things? <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/3-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>(And no one has ascended into heaven, except He Who came down from heaven, even the Son of man, Who is in heaven. ) <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/3-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>And even as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, in the same way it is ordained that the Son of man be lifted up, <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/3-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>So that everyone who believes in Him may not perish, but may have everlasting life.</p> <a name="16" id="16"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/3-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, so that everyone who believes in Him may not perish, but may have everlasting life. <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/3-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>For God sent not His Son into the world that He might judge the world, but that the world might be saved through Him. <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/3-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>The one who believes in Him is not judged, but the one who does not believe has already been judged because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God. <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/3-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>And this is the judgment: that the light has come into the world, but men loved darkness rather than the light because their works were evil. <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/3-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>For everyone who practices evil hates the light, and does not come to the light, so that his works may not be exposed; <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/3-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>But the one who practices the truth comes to the light, so that his works may be manifested, that they have been accomplished by the power of God."</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/3-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>After these things, Jesus and His disciples came into the land of Judea; and there He stayed with them and was baptizing. <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/3-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>And John was also baptizing in Aenon, near Salim because there was much water there; and the people were coming and were being baptized, <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/3-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>For John had not yet been cast into prison.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/3-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>Then there arose a question between the disciples of John and some of the Jews about purification. <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/3-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>And they came to John and said to him, "Rabbi, He Who was with you beyond Jordan, to Whom you have borne witness, behold, He is baptizing, and all are coming to Him." <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/3-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>John answered and said, "No one is able to receive anything unless it has been given to him from heaven. <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/3-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>You yourselves bear witness to me that I said, 'I am not the Christ,' but that I am sent before Him. <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/3-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>The one who has the bride is the bridegroom; but the friend of the bridegroom, who stands by and hears him, rejoices greatly because of the voice of the bridegroom; in this then, my joy has been fulfilled. <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/3-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>It is ordained that He increase, and that I decrease.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/3-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span>He Who comes from above is above all. The one who is of the earth is earthly, and speaks of the earth. He Who comes from heaven is above all; <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/3-32.htm"><b>32</b></a></span>And what He has seen and heard, this is what He testifies; but no one receives His testimony. <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/3-33.htm"><b>33</b></a></span>The one who has received His testimony has set his seal that God is true; <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/3-34.htm"><b>34</b></a></span>For He Whom God has sent speaks the words of God; and God gives not the Spirit by measure unto Him. <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/3-35.htm"><b>35</b></a></span>The Father loves the Son and has given all things into His hand. <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/3-36.htm"><b>36</b></a></span>The one who believes in the Son has everlasting life; but the one who does not obey the Son shall not see life, for the wrath of God remains on him."</p></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center"><a href="https://afaithfulversion.org/">A Faithful Version</a><br><br>Copyright © 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011<br>York Publishing Company<br>Post Office Box 1038<br>Hollister, California 95024-1038<br><br>All rights reserved.<br>All Scripture may be freely quoted except for brief excerpts for review purposes, no part of this publication may be reproduced or used in any form or by any means--electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording or information storage and retrieval systems, or use of hermeneutical conclusions of copyright owner.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/">Bible Hub</a></div></div></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../john/2.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="John 2"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="John 2" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../john/4.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="John 4"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="John 4" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhchap.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></body></html>