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Jesus and Nicodemus

John 3:6

In 9 translations

BSB
Flesh is born of flesh, but spirit is born of the Spirit.
KJV
That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.
WEB
That which is born of the flesh is flesh. That which is born of the Spirit is spirit.
ASV
That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.
LSV
that which has been born of the flesh is flesh, and that which has been born of the Spirit is spirit.
YLT
that which hath been born of the flesh is flesh, and that which hath been born of the Spirit is spirit.
DBY
That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.
DRC
That which is born of the flesh, is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit, is spirit.
GNV
That which is borne of the flesh, is flesh: and that that is borne of the Spirit, is spirit.

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Original-language editions

SBLGNT
τὸ γεγεννημένον ἐκ τῆς σαρκὸς σάρξ ἐστιν, καὶ τὸ γεγεννημένον ἐκ τοῦ πνεύματος πνεῦμά ἐστιν.
RP2018
Τὸ γεγεννημένον ἐκ τῆς σαρκὸς σάρξ ἐστιν· καὶ τὸ γεγεννημένον ἐκ τοῦ πνεύματος πνεῦμά ἐστιν.
TR-Boyd
Τὸ γεγεννημένον ἐκ τῆς σαρκὸς σάρξ ἐστι· καὶ τὸ γεγεννημένον ἐκ τοῦ πνεύματος πνεῦμά ἐστι.γεγεννημένον ¦ γεγενημένον ELZγεγεννημένον ¦ γεγενημένον ELZ
SCR1894
το γεγεννημενον εκ της σαρκος σαρξ εστιν και το γεγεννημενον εκ του πνευματος πνευμα εστιν

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Galatians 5:16–21So I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh. For the flesh craves what is contrary to the Spirit, and the Spirit what is contrary to the flesh. They are opposed to each other, so…
  • Ezekiel 36:26–27I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit within you; I will remove your heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh. And I will put My Spirit within you and cause you to walk in My statutes and to carefully…
  • Romans 8:4–9so that the righteous standard of the law might be fulfilled in us, who do not walk according to the flesh but according to the Spirit. Those who live according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh;…
  • 2 Corinthians 5:17Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away. Behold, the new has come!
  • 1 Corinthians 15:47–50The first man was of the dust of the earth, the second man from heaven. As was the earthly man, so also are those who are of the earth; and as is the heavenly man, so also are those who are of heaven. And just as we…
  • 1 Corinthians 6:17But he who unites himself with the Lord is one with Him in spirit.
  • Romans 7:18I know that nothing good lives in me, that is, in my flesh; for I have the desire to do what is good, but I cannot carry it out.
  • 1 John 3:9Anyone born of God refuses to practice sin, because God’s seed abides in him; he cannot go on sinning, because he has been born of God.
  • Romans 8:13For if you live according to the flesh, you will die; but if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live.
  • Genesis 6:12And God looked upon the earth and saw that it was corrupt; for all living creatures on the earth had corrupted their ways.
  • Psalms 51:10Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me.
  • Job 14:4Who can bring out clean from unclean? No one!
  • Job 25:4How then can a man be just before God? How can one born of woman be pure?
  • Ezekiel 11:19–20And I will give them singleness of heart and put a new spirit within them; I will remove their heart of stone and give them a heart of flesh, so that they may follow My statutes, keep My ordinances, and practice them.…
  • Colossians 2:11In Him you were also circumcised, in the putting off of your sinful nature, with the circumcision performed by Christ and not by human hands.
  • Galatians 5:24Those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires.

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