John 3:12

if I spoke to you of the earthly things, and you do not believe, how, if I will speak to you of the heavenly things, will you believe?

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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

11Truly, truly, I say to you, what We have known We speak, and what We have seen We testify, and you do not receive Our testimony;

13And no one has gone up to 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, “Truly, truly, I say to you, if anyone may not be born of water and the Spirit, he is not able to enter into the Kingdom of God;

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

1 Corinthians 2:7but we speak the hidden wisdom of God in a secret, that God foreordained before the ages to our glory,

1 Timothy 3:16and confessedly, great is the secret of piety: who was revealed in flesh, declared righteous in [the] Spirit, seen by messengers, preached among nations, believed on in the world, taken up in glory!

1 Peter 2:1Having put aside, then, all evil, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envyings, and all evil speakings,

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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