John 3:3

Contemporary English Version 1995

Jesus replied, “I tell you for certain that you must be born from above before you can see God's kingdom!”

Cross References

2 Corinthians 5:17

Anyone who belongs to Christ is a new person. The past is forgotten, and everything is new.

1 John 3:9

God's children cannot keep on being sinful. His life-giving power lives in them and makes them his children, so they cannot keep on sinning.

1 John 5:1

If we believe Jesus is truly Christ, we are God's children. Everyone who loves the Father will also love his children.

Titus 3:5

He saved us because of his mercy, and not because of any good things we have done. God washed us by the power of the Holy Spirit. He gave us new birth and a fresh beginning.

John 1:13

They were not God's children by nature or because of any human desires. God himself was the one who made them his children.

1 John 2:29

You know Christ always does right and everyone who does right is a child of God.

1 Peter 1:3

Praise God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. God is so good, and by raising Jesus from death, he has given us new life and a hope that lives on.

Galatians 6:15

It doesn't matter if you are circumcised or not. All that matters is that you are a new person.

1 John 5:18

We are sure God's children do not keep on sinning. God's own Son protects them, and the devil cannot harm them.

2 Corinthians 4:4

The god who rules this world has blinded the minds of unbelievers. They cannot see the light, which is the good news about our glorious Christ, who shows what God is like.

John 12:40

“The Lord has blinded the eyes of the people, and he has made the people stubborn. He did this so that they could not see or understand, and so that they would not turn to the Lord and be healed.”

Ephesians 2:1

In the past you were dead because you sinned and fought against God.

Jeremiah 5:21

You fools! Why don't you listen when I speak? Why can't you understand

John 1:5

The light keeps shining in the dark, and darkness has never put it out.

Deuteronomy 29:4

He has even told you, “For 40 years I, the Lord, led you through the desert, but your clothes and your sandals didn't wear out, and I gave you special food. I did these things so you would realize that I am your God.” But the Lord must give you a change of heart before you truly understand what you have seen and heard.

James 3:17

But the wisdom that comes from above leads us to be pure, friendly, gentle, sensible, kind, helpful, genuine, and sincere.

John 1:51

I tell you for certain you will see heaven open and God's angels going up and coming down on the Son of Man.”

Matthew 16:17

Jesus told him: Simon, son of Jonah, you are blessed! You didn't discover this on your own. It was shown to you by my Father in heaven.

Matthew 5:18

Heaven and earth may disappear. But I promise you not even a period or comma will ever disappear from the Law. Everything written in it must happen.

Revelation 3:14

This is what you must write to the angel of the church in Laodicea: I am the one called Amen! I am the faithful and true witness and the source of God's creation. Listen to what I say.

Ezekiel 36:26

I will take away your stubborn heart and give you a new heart and a desire to be faithful. You will have only pure thoughts,

Matthew 19:24

In fact, it's easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich person to get into God's kingdom.”

Matthew 21:31

Which one of the sons obeyed his father? “The older one,” the chief priests and leaders answered. Then Jesus told them: You can be sure tax collectors and prostitutes will get into the kingdom of God before you ever will!

Mark 9:47

If your eye causes you to sin, get rid of it. You would be better off to go into God's kingdom with only one eye than to have two eyes and be thrown into hell.

Mark 10:14

When Jesus saw this, he became angry and said, “Let the children come to me! Don't try to stop them. People who are like these little children belong to the kingdom of God.

John 3:4

Nicodemus asked, “How can a grown man ever be born a second time?”

1 John 5:4

Every child of God can defeat the world, and our faith is what gives us this victory.