Topic
Again
5 passages cited, from 1 classic reference work.
These works date from 1915 and are in the public domain. They reflect the Protestant scholarship of their time: their history, archaeology and dates can be out of date, and where they interpret, other traditions read the text differently. The verses are shown in the King James Version, the wording these works were written against.
The verses
The passages the works cite, those cited by more of them first.
- John 3:3ISBE
Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.
- John 3:7ISBE
Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye must be born again.
- Romans 15:10ISBE
And again he saith, Rejoice, ye Gentiles, with his people.
- 1 Corinthians 3:20ISBE
And again, The Lord knoweth the thoughts of the wise, that they are vain.
- 1 Peter 1:23ISBE
Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which liveth and abideth for ever.
In the reference works
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · 5 references
a-gen': Advb. denoting repetition; in New Testament, generally for palin, "back," "once more." Occasionally, it has the force of a connective, synonymous with "moreover," as in Ro 15:10 ff; 1Co 3:20, etc. The expression "born again" of the King James Version, Joh 3:3,7; 1Pe 1:23, translating the Greek "anothen" and "ana" in composition, becomes in the Revised Version (British and American) "anew," i.e. "over again." As these particles mean "from above" and "up," their use as indicating repetition is sometimes disputed, but without further foundation than that "again" does not exhaust the meaning.
Texts: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.