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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "//www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="//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"><title>John 3 DBT</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" /><script type="application/javascript" src="https://scripts.webcontentassessor.com/scripts/8a2459b64f9cac8122fc7f2eac4409c8555fac9383016db59c4c26e3d5b8b157"></script><script src='https://qd.admetricspro.com/js/biblehub/biblehub-layout-loader-revcatch.js'></script><script id='HyDgbd_1s' src='https://prebidads.revcatch.com/ads.js' type='text/javascript' async></script><script>(function(w,d,b,s,i){var cts=d.createElement(s);cts.async=true;cts.id='catchscript'; cts.dataset.appid=i;cts.src='https://app.protectsubrev.com/catch_rp.js?cb='+Math.random(); document.head.appendChild(cts); }) (window,document,'head','script','rc-anksrH');</script></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="//biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">DBT</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">Darby Bible Translation</div><div class="chap"><p class="hdg">Jesus and Nicodemus</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/3-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>But there was a man from among the Pharisees, his name Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews; <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/3-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>he came to him by night, and said to him, Rabbi, we know that thou art come a teacher from God, for none can do these signs that thou doest unless God be with him. <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/3-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>Jesus answered and said to him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except any one be born anew 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 says to him, How can a man be born being old? can he enter a second time into the womb of his mother and be born? <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/3-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except any one be born of water and of Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God. <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/3-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit. <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/3-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>Do not wonder that I said to thee, It is needful that *ye* should be born anew. <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/3-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>The wind blows where it will, and thou hearest its voice, but knowest not whence it comes and where it goes: thus is every one that is 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, Thou art the teacher of Israel and knowest not these things! <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/3-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>Verily, verily, I say unto thee, We speak that which we know, and we bear witness of that which we have seen, and ye receive not our witness. <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/3-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>If I have said the earthly things to you, and ye believe not, how, if I say the heavenly things to you, will ye believe? <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/3-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>And no one has gone up into heaven, save he who came down out of heaven, the Son of man who is in heaven. <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/3-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, thus must the Son of man be lifted up, <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/3-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>that every one who believes on him may [not perish, but] have life eternal.</p> <a name="16" id="16"></a><p class="hdg">For God So Loved<br /><p class="cross">(<a href="../genesis/22.htm">Genesis 22:1-10</a>; <a href="../romans/5.htm#6">Romans 5:6-11</a>)</p></p><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, that whosoever believes on him may not perish, but have life eternal. <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/3-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>For God has not sent his Son into the world that he may judge the world, but that the world may be saved through him. <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/3-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>He that believes on him is not judged: but he that believes not has been already judged, because he has not believed on 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 light is come into the world, and men have loved darkness rather than light; for their works were evil. <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/3-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>For every one that does evil hates the light, and does not come to the light that his works may not be shewn as they are; <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/3-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>but he that practises the truth comes to the light, that his works may be manifested that they have been wrought in God.</p> <p class="hdg">John's Testimony Concerning Jesus</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/3-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>After these things came Jesus and his disciples into the land of Judaea; and there he abode with them and baptised. <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/3-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>And John also was baptising in Aenon, near Salim, because there was a great deal of water there; and they came to [him] and were baptised: <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/3-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>for John was not yet cast into prison.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/3-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>There was therefore a reasoning of the disciples of John with a Jew 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 thee beyond the Jordan, to whom thou barest witness, behold, he baptises, and all come to him. <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/3-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>John answered and said, A man can receive nothing unless it be given him out of heaven. <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/3-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>Ye yourselves bear me witness 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>He that has the bride is the bridegroom; but the friend of the bridegroom, who stands and hears him, rejoices in heart because of the voice of the bridegroom: this my joy then is fulfilled. <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/3-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>He must increase, but I must 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. He who has his origin in the earth is of the earth, and speaks [as] of the earth. He who comes out of heaven is above all, <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/3-32.htm"><b>32</b></a></span>[and] what he has seen and has heard, this he testifies; and no one receives his testimony. <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/3-33.htm"><b>33</b></a></span>He that has received his testimony has set to 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, for God gives not the Spirit by measure. <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/3-35.htm"><b>35</b></a></span>The Father loves the Son, and has given all things [to be] in his hand. <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/3-36.htm"><b>36</b></a></span>He that believes on the Son has life eternal, and he that is not subject to the Son shall not see life, but the wrath of God abides upon him.</p></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Darby Bible Translation<br /><br />Section Headings Courtesy <a href="//intbible.com/">INT Bible</a><br />© 2012, Used by Permission<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><div id="rightbox"><div class="padright"><div id="pic"><iframe width="100%" height="860" scrolling="no" src="//biblescan.com/mpad/john/3-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></div></div><div id="rightbox4"><div class="padright2"><div id="spons1"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td class="sp1"><iframe src="//biblemenus.com/adframe120.htm" width="122" height="602" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe><br /><br /></td></tr></table></div></div></div> <div align="center"><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnm2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe><div align="center"><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span></div></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>