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he arose from the ground and sat on the bed. the teacher of Israel, and do not know these
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24 Now the woman had a fatted calf in the things? Most assuredly, I say to you, We
house, and she hastened to kill it. And she speak what We know and testify what We have
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took flour and kneaded it, and baked unleav- seen, and you do not receive Our witness. If
ened bread from it. So she brought it before I have told you earthly things and you do not
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Saul and his servants, and they ate. Then they believe, how will you believe if I tell you heav-
rose and went away that night. enly things? No one has ascended to heaven
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but He who came down from heaven, that is,
Psalm 61:1–4
the Son of Man who is in heaven. And as Mo-
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To the Chief Musician. ses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness,
On a stringed instrument. even so must the Son of Man be lifted up,
A Psalm of David. 15 that whoever believes in Him should not per-
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ear my cry, O God; ish but have eternal life. For God so loved the
H Attend to my prayer.
2 From the end of the earth I will cry
to You,
When my heart is overwhelmed; 3:15 eternal life. This is the first of 10 refer-
Lead me to the rock that is higher ences to “eternal life” in John’s Gospel. The
than I.
same Greek word is translated 8 times as
3 For You have been a shelter for me, “everlasting life.”The two expressions appear
A strong tower from the enemy. in the New Testament nearly 50 times. Eternal
4 I will abide in Your tabernacle forever; life refers not only to eternal quantity but
I will trust in the shelter of Your divine quality of life. It means literally “life of
wings. Selah the age to come” and refers therefore to res-
urrection and heavenly existence in perfect
Proverbs 16:6 glory and holiness.This life for believers in the
Lord Jesus is experienced before heaven is
In mercy and truth reached. This “eternal life” is in essence noth-
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Atonement is provided for iniquity; ing less than participation in the eternal life of
And by the fear of the LORD one the Living Word, Jesus Christ. It is the life of
departs from evil. God in every believer, yet not fully manifest
John 3:1–18 until the resurrection (Rom. 8:19–23; Phil.
3:20,21).
There was a man of the Pharisees named
3 Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews. This man
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came to Jesus by night and said to Him, world that He gave His only begotten Son, that
“Rabbi, we know that You are a teacher come whoever believes in Him should not perish
from God; for no one can do these signs that but have everlasting life. For God did not
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You do unless God is with him.” send His Son into the world to condemn the
3 Jesus answered and said to him, “Most world, but that the world through Him might
assuredly, I say to you, unless one is born be saved.
again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.” 18 “He who believes in Him is not condemned;
Nicodemus said to Him, “How can a man but he who does not believe is condemned
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be born when he is old? Can he enter a second already, because he has not believed in the
time into his mother’s womb and be born?” name of the only begotten Son of God.
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Jesus answered, “Most assuredly, I say to
you, unless one is born of water and the Spirit,
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he cannot enter the kingdom of God. That
which is born of the flesh is flesh, and that which
is born of the Spirit is spirit. Do not marvel 3:16 For God so loved the world. The Son’s
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that I said to you, ‘You must be born again.’ mission is bound up in the supreme love of
The wind blows where it wishes, and you
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hear the sound of it, but cannot tell where it (see 6:32,51;12:47) that is in rebellion against
Him.The word “so”emphasizes the intensity or
comes from and where it goes. So is everyone greatness of His love. The Father gave His
who is born of the Spirit.” unique and beloved Son to die on behalf of
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Nicodemus answered and said to Him, sinful men (2 Cor. 5:21).
“How can these things be?”
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Jesus answered and said to him, “Are you
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