English Standard Version
John 3:7
7Do not marvel that I said to you, 'You must be born again.'
John 3:7 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye must be born again.
- New International Version (NIV)You should not be surprised at my saying, ‘You must be born again.’
- New King James Version (NKJV)Do not marvel that I said to you, ‘You must be born again.’
- New Living Translation (NLT)So don’t be surprised when I say, ‘You must be born again.’
Context of John 3:7
5Jesus answered, "Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God. 6That which is born of the flesh is flesh, and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit. Do not marvel that I said to you, 'You must be born again.' 8The wind blows where it wishes, and you hear its sound, but you do not know where it comes from or where it goes. So it is with everyone who is born of the Spirit." 9Nicodemus said to him, "How can these things be?"
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μὴ θαυμάσῃς ὅτι εἶπόν σοι· δεῖ ὑμᾶς γεννηθῆναι ἄνωθεν.Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for John 3:7
- John 3:12If I have told you earthly things and you do not believe, how can you believe if I tell you heavenly things?
- John 5:28Do not marvel at this, for an hour is coming when all who are in the tombs will hear his voice
- John 6:61But Jesus, knowing in himself that his disciples were grumbling about this, said to them, "Do you take offense at this?
- John 3:3Jesus answered him, "Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born again he cannot see the kingdom of God."
- Job 15:14What is man, that he can be pure? Or he who is born of a woman, that he can be righteous?
- Matthew 13:33He told them another parable. "The kingdom of heaven is like leaven that a woman took and hid in three measures of flour, till it was all leavened."
- Romans 3:9What then? Are we Jews any better off? No, not at all. For we have already charged that all, both Jews and Greeks, are under sin,
- Romans 9:22What if God, desiring to show his wrath and to make known his power, has endured with much patience vessels of wrath prepared for destruction,
- Romans 12:1I appeal to you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship.
- Ephesians 4:22to put off your old self, which belongs to your former manner of life and is corrupt through deceitful desires,
- Colossians 1:12giving thanks to the Father, who has qualified you to share in the inheritance of the saints in light.
- Hebrews 12:14Strive for peace with everyone, and for the holiness without which no one will see the Lord.
- 1 Peter 1:14As obedient children, do not be conformed to the passions of your former ignorance,
- Revelation 21:27But nothing unclean will ever enter it, nor anyone who does what is detestable or false, but only those who are written in the Lamb's book of life.
Commentaries on John 3:7
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 7Marvel not - Wonder not. It is possible that Nicodemus in some way still expressed a doubt of the doctrine, and Jesus took occasion in a very striking manner to illustrate it.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 6-86-8. That which is born, &c.--A great universal proposition; "That which is begotten carries within itself the nature of that which begat it" [Olshausen]. flesh--Not the mere material body, but all that comes into the world by birth, the entire man; yet not humanity simply, but in its corrupted, depraved condition, in complete subjection to the law of the fall (Ro 8:1-9). So that though a man "could enter a second time into his mother's womb and be born,"…Read the comment
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Commentaries on John 3
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Catena Aurea
- Illustrated New Testament
- Burkitt’s Expository Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Family Bible Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- John Lightfoot Commentary
- Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- The People’s New Testament
- Robertson’s Word Pictures
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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