VER 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 TO HIM, RABBI, WE KNOW THAT YOU ARE A TEACHER COME FROM GOD: FOR NO MAN CAN DO THESE MIRACLES THAT YOU DO, EXCEPT GOD BE WITH HIM. 3. JESUS ANSWERED AND SAID TO HIM, VERILY, VER... [ Continue Reading ]
VER 4. NICODEMUS SAID TO HIM, HOW CAN A MAN BE BORN WHEN HE IS OLD? CAN HE ENTER THE SECOND TIME INTO HIS MOTHER'S WOMB, AND BE BORN? 5. JESUS ANSWERED, VERILY, VERILY, I SAY TO YOU, EXCEPT A MAN BE BORN OF WATER AND OF THE SPIRIT, HE CANNOT ENTER INTO THE KINGDOM OF GOD. 6. THAT WHICH IS BORN OF TH... [ Continue Reading ]
VER 9. NICODEMUS ANSWERED AND SAID TO HIM, HOW CAN THESE THINGS BE? 10. JESUS ANSWERED AND SAID TO HIM, ARE YOU A MASTER OF ISRAEL, AND KNOW NOT THESE THINGS? 11. VERILY, VERILY, I SAY TO YOU, WE SPEAK THAT WE DO KNOW, AND TESTIFY THAT WE HAVE SEEN; AND YOU RECEIVE NOT OUR WITNESS. 12. IF I HAVE TOL... [ Continue Reading ]
VER 13. AND NO MAN HAS ASCENDED UP TO HEAVEN, BUT HE THAT CAME DOWN FROM HEAVEN, EVEN THE SON OF MAN WHICH IS IN HEAVEN. AUG. After taking notice of this lack of knowledge in a person, who, on the strength of his magisterial station, set himself above others, and blaming the unbelief of such men, o... [ Continue Reading ]
VER 14. AND AS MOSES LIFTED UP THE SERPENT IN THE WILDERNESS, EVEN SO MUST THE SON OF MAN BE LIFTED UP: 15. THAT WHOSOEVER BELIEVES IN HIM SHOULD NOT PERISH, BUT HAVE ETERNAL LIFE. CHRYS. Having made mention of the gift of baptism, He proceeds to the source of it, i.e. the cross: And as Moses lifte... [ Continue Reading ]
VER 16. FOR GOD SO LOVED THE WORLD, THAT HE GAVE HIS ONLY BEGOTTEN SON, THAT WHOSOEVER BELIEVES IN HIM SHOULD NOT PERISH, BUT HAVE EVERLASTING LIFE. 17. FOR GOD SENT NOT HIS SON INTO THE WORLD TO CONDEMN THE WORLD; BUT THAT THE WORLD THROUGH HIM MIGHT BE SAVED. 18. HE THAT BELIEVES IN HIM IS NOT CON... [ Continue Reading ]
VER 19. AND THIS IS THE CONDEMNATION, THAT LIGHT IS COME INTO THE WORLD, AND MEN LOVED DARKNESS RATHER THAN LIGHT, BECAUSE THEIR DEEDS WERE EVIL. 20. FOR EVERY ONE THAT DOES EVIL HATES THE LIGHT, NEITHER COMES TO THE LIGHT, LEST HIS DEEDS SHOULD BE REPROVED. 21. BUT HE THAT DOES TRUTH COMES TO THE L... [ Continue Reading ]
VER 22. AFTER THESE THINGS CAME JESUS AND HIS DISCIPLES INTO THE LAND OF JUDEA; AND THERE HE TARRIED WITH THEM, AND BAPTIZED. 23. AND JOHN ALSO WAS BAPTIZING IN ÆNON NEAR TO SALIM, BECAUSE THERE WAS MUCH WATER THERE: AND THEY CAME, AND WERE BAPTIZED. 24. FOR JOHN WAS NOT YET CAST INTO PRISON. 25. TH... [ Continue Reading ]
VER 27. JOHN ANSWERED AND SAID, A MAN CAN RECEIVE NOTHING, EXCEPT IT BE GIVEN HIM FROM HEAVEN. 28. YOU YOURSELVES BEAR ME WITNESS, THAT I SAID, I AM NOT THE CHRIST, BUT THAT I AM SENT BEFORE HIM. 29. HE THAT HAS THE BRIDE IS THE BRIDEGROOM; BUT THE FRIEND OF THE BRIDEGROOM, WHICH STANDS AND HEARS HI... [ Continue Reading ]
VER 31. HE THAT COMES FROM ABOVE IS ABOVE ALL: HE THAT IS OF THE EARTH IS EARTHLY, AND SPEAKS OF THE EARTH: HE THAT COMES FROM HEAVEN IS ABOVE ALL. 32. AND WHAT HE HAS SEEN AND HEARD, THAT HE TESTIFIES; CHRYS. As the worm gnaws wood, and rusts iron, so vainglory destroys the soul that cherishes it.... [ Continue Reading ]
VER 32. - AND NO MAN RECEIVES HIS TESTIMONY. 33. HE THAT HAS RECEIVED HIS TESTIMONY HAS SET TO HIS SEAL THAT GOD IS TRUE. 34. FOR HE WHOM GOD HAS SENT SPEAKS THE WORDS OF GOD: FOR GOD GIVES NOT THE SPIRIT BY MEASURE TO HIM. 35. THE FATHER LOVES THE SON, AND HAS GIVEN ALL THINGS INTO HIS HAND. 36. HE... [ Continue Reading ]