John 3:12

If I have told you earthly things and you do not believe, how will you believe if I tell you heavenly things?

English Majority Text (NT)

In The King James Version

If I have told you earthly things, and ye believe not, how shall ye believe, if I tell you of heavenly things?

In Context

11Most assuredly I say to you, that which We know, We speak, and that which We have seen, We bear witness to, and you do not receive Our witness.

13And no one has gone up into heaven except He who came down out of heaven, the Son of Man, who is in heaven.

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Cross References

John 1:1In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

John 3:5Jesus answered, “Most assuredly I say to you, unless one is born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God.

John 3:13And no one has gone up into heaven except He who came down out of heaven, the Son of Man, who is in heaven.

1 Corinthians 2:7But we speak the wisdom of God in a mystery, the wisdom having been hidden, which God foreordained before the ages for our glory,

1 Timothy 3:16And confessedly, great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifested in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen by angels, proclaimed among the Gentiles, believed on in the world, and was received up in glory.

1 Peter 2:1Therefore having put away all malice, all guile, hypocrisy, envy, and all slanders,

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 →

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