John 3:6
What is born of the flesh is flesh, and what is born of the Spirit is spirit.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.
In Context
7You should not be amazed that I said to you: You must be born anew.
Cross References
Genesis 5:3Then Adam lived for one hundred and thirty years. And then he conceived a son in his own image and likeness, and he called his name Seth.
Genesis 6:12And when God had seen that the earth had been corrupted, (indeed, all flesh had corrupted its way upon the earth)
Job 15:14What is man that he should be immaculate, and that he should appear just, having been born of woman?
Psalms 51:10But I, like a fruitful olive tree in the house of God, have hoped in the mercy of God unto eternity, and forever and ever.
Ezekiel 36:26And I will give to you a new heart, and I will place in you a new spirit. And I will take away the heart of stone from your body, and I will give to you a heart of flesh.
Romans 7:5For when we were in the flesh, the passions of sins, which were under the law, operated within our bodies, so as to bear fruit unto death.
Matthew Henry on John 3:2-22
Christ's Interview with Nicodemus. 1 There was a man of the Pharisees, named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews: 2 The same came to Jesus by night, and said unto him, Rabbi, we know that thou art a teacher come from God: for no man can do these miracles that thou doest, except God be with him. 3 Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God. 4 Nicodemus saith unto him, How can a man be born when he is old? can he enter the second time… Read the whole commentary →