John 3:8

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

Only God's Spirit gives new life. The Spirit is like the wind that blows wherever it wants to. You can hear the wind, but you don't know where it comes from or where it is going.

Cross References

Psalm 107:25

At his command a storm arose, and waves covered the sea.

Psalm 107:29

He made the storm stop and the sea be quiet.

Psalm 135:7

The LORD makes the clouds rise from far across the earth, and he makes lightning to go with the rain. Then from his secret place he sends out the wind.

Ecclesiastes 1:6

The wind blows south, the wind blows north; round and round it blows over and over again.

Ezekiel 37:9

The LORD said: Ezekiel, now say to the wind, “The LORD God commands you to blow from every direction and to breathe life into these dead bodies, so they can live again.”

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.

John 3:7

Don't be surprised when I say that you must be born from above.

John 3:9

“How can this be?” Nicodemus asked.

Acts 2:2

Suddenly there was a noise from heaven like the sound of a mighty wind! It filled the house where they were meeting.

Acts 4:31

After they had prayed, the meeting place shook. They were all filled with the Holy Spirit and bravely spoke God's message.

1 Corinthians 12:11

But it is the Spirit who does all this and decides which gifts to give to each of us.

1 Corinthians 2:11

You are the only one who knows what is in your own mind, and God's Spirit is the only one who knows what is in God's mind.

1 John 2:29

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