John 3:8

The Passion Translation

For the Spirit-Wind blows as it chooses. You can hear its sound, but you don’t know where it came from or where it’s going. So it is the same with those who are Spirit-born!”

Cross References

Psalm 107:25

When God spoke he stirred up a storm, lifting high the waves with hurricane winds.

Psalm 107:29

God stilled the storm, calmed the waves, and he hushed the hurricane winds to only a whisper.

Psalm 135:7

He forms the misty clouds and creates thunder and lightning, bringing the wind and rain out of his heavenly storehouse.

Ezekiel 37:9

Then Yahweh said to me, “Prophesy to the breath. Yes, prophesy, son of man. Say to the breath, ‘Lord Yahweh says: Divine breath, come now from the four winds. Breathe on these lifeless bodies, so that they can live again.’ ”

John 1:13

He was not born by the joining of human parents or from natural means, or by a man’s desire, but he was born of God.

John 3:7

“You shouldn’t be amazed by my statement, ‘You all must be born from above!’

John 3:9

Nicodemus replied, “I don’t understand; what do you mean? How does this happen?”

Acts 2:2

Suddenly they heard the sound of a violent blast of wind rushing into the house from out of the heavenly realm. The roar of the wind was so overpowering it was all anyone could bear!

Acts 4:31

As they prayed the earth shook beneath them, causing the building they were in to tremble. Each one of them was filled with the Holy Spirit, and they proclaimed the word of God with unrestrained boldness.

1 Corinthians 12:11

Remember, it is the same Holy Spirit who distributes, activates, and operates these different gifts as he chooses for each believer.

1 Corinthians 2:11

After all, who can really see into a person’s heart and know his hidden impulses except for that person’s spirit? So it is with God. His thoughts and secrets are only fully understood by his Spirit, the Spirit of God.

1 John 2:29

If you know that he is righteous, you may be sure that everyone who lives in righteousness has been divinely fathered by him.