John 3:6
That which is begotten from the flesh is flesh, and that which is begotten from the Spirit is spirit.
A Conservative 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
7Marvel not that I said to thee, ye must be begotten from above.
Cross References
Genesis 5:3And Adam lived a hundred and thirty years, and begot [a son] in his own likeness, according to his image, and called his name Seth.
Genesis 6:12And God saw the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt, for all flesh had corrupted their way upon the earth.
Job 15:14What is man, that he should be clean? And he who is born of a woman, that he should be righteous?
Psalms 51:10Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me.
Ezekiel 36:26I will also give you a new heart, and I will put a new spirit within you. And I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you a heart of flesh.
Romans 7:5For when we were in the flesh, the passions of the sins were working in our body-parts (through the law) in order to bear fruit to 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 →