No one has ever gone to heaven and returned.
But the Son of Man has come down from heaven.
And as Moses lifted up the bronze snake on a pole in the wilderness,
so the Son of Man must be lifted up,
so that everyone who believes in him will have eternal life.
John 3:13-14
The wind blows wherever it wants.
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.”
John 3:8
Jesus replied,
“I assure you,
no one can enter the Kingdom of God
without being born of water and the Spirit.
Humans can reproduce only human life,
but the Holy Spirit gives birth to spiritual life.
So don’t be surprised when I say,
‘You must be born again.’
John 3:5-7
As Jesus walked by,
John looked at him and declared,
“Look!
There is the Lamb of God!”
John 1:36
The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him and said,
“Look!
The Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world!
I didn’t know he was the one,
but when God sent me to baptize with water,
he told me,
‘The one on whom you see the Spirit descend and rest
is the one who will baptize with the Holy Spirit.’
I saw this happen to Jesus,
so I testify that he is the Chosen One of God.
John 1:29, 33-34
(Oslo, Norway)
So the Word became human and made his home among us.
He was full of unfailing love and faithfulness.
And we have seen his glory,
the glory of the Father’s one and only Son.
From his abundance
we have all received one gracious blessing after another.
For the law was given through Moses,
but God’s unfailing love and faithfulness
came through Jesus Christ.
John 1:14, 16-17
He came into the very world he created,
but the world didn’t recognize him.
He came to his own people,
and even they rejected him.
But to all who believed him and accepted him,
he gave the right to become children of God.
They are reborn—
not with a physical birth resulting from human passion or plan,
but a birth that comes from God.
(Alborn, Denmark)
God sent a man,
John the Baptist,
to tell about the light
so that everyone might believe
because of his testimony.
John himself was not the light;
he was simply a witness to tell about the light.
The one who is the true light,
who gives light to everyone,
was coming into the world.
John 1:6-9
In the beginning the Word already existed.
The Word was with God,
and the Word was God.
He existed in the beginning with God.
God created everything through him,
and nothing was created except through him.
The Word gave life to everything that was created,
and his life brought light to everyone.
The light shines in the darkness,
and the darkness can never extinguish it.
John 1:1-5
(Baltic Sea)
For though we live in the world,
we do not wage war as the world does
For our struggle is not against flesh and blood,
but against the rulers,
against the authorities,
against the powers of this dark world
and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms.
2 Corinthians 10:3; Ephesians 6:12
(Copenhagen)