John 3:3

WEB

³Jesus answered him, “Most certainly I tell you, unless one is born anew, ^[+] he can’t see God’s Kingdom.”

KJV

³Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.

BSB

³Jesus replied, “Truly, truly, I tell you, no one can see the kingdom of God unless he is born again.

FBV

³“I tell you the truth,” Jesus replied, “Unless you are reborn,^[+] you can't experience God's kingdom.”

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Extra References

2 Corinthians 5:17

¹⁷Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old things have passed away. Behold,^[+] all things have become new.

⁵Jesus answered, “Most certainly I tell you, unless one is born of water and Spirit, he can’t enter into God’s Kingdom. ⁶That which is born of the flesh is flesh. That which is born of the Spirit is spirit.

1 Peter 1:23-25

²³having been born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, through the word of God, which lives and remains forever. ²⁴For, “All flesh is like grass, and all of man’s glory like the flower in the grass. The grass withers, and its flower falls; ²⁵but the Lord’s word endures forever.”This is the word of Good News which was preached to you.

1 John 3:9

⁹Whoever is born of God doesn’t commit sin, because his seed remains in him, and he can’t sin, because he is born of God.

1 John 5:1

¹Whoever believes that Jesus is the Christ has been born of God. Whoever loves the Father also loves the child who is born of him.

Titus 3:5

⁵not by works of righteousness which we did ourselves, but according to his mercy, he saved us through the washing of regeneration and renewing by the Holy Spirit,

John 1:13

¹³who were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.

1 John 2:29

²⁹If you know that he is righteous, you know that everyone who practices righteousness has been born of him.

1 Peter 1:3

³Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to his great mercy caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,

Galatians 6:15

¹⁵For in Christ Jesus neither is circumcision anything, nor uncircumcision, but a new creation.