“For God loved the world so much

that he gave his one and only Son,

so that everyone who believes in him

will not perish

but have eternal life.

God sent his Son into the world

not to judge the world,

but to save the world through him.

John 3:16-17

But if you don’t believe me

when I tell you about earthly things,

how can you possibly believe

if I tell you about heavenly things?

No one has ever gone to heaven and returned.

but the Son of Man has come down from heaven.

John 3:12-13

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 tell you the truth,

unless you are born again,

you cannot see the Kingdom of God.”

“What do you mean?”

exclaimed Nicodemus,

“How can an old man go back into his mother’s womb

and be born again?”

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 3:3-7

…the law was given through Moses,

but God’s unfailing love and faithfulness

came through Jesus Christ.

John 1:17

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 with a birth that comes from God.

John 1:10-13

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 1:4-5

As long as the earth remains,

there will be planting and harvest,

cold and heat,

summer and winter,

day and night.”

Genesis 8:22

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.

John 1:1-3