“That which is born of the flesh is flesh. That which is born of the Spirit is spirit.”
— WEB
John 3:6
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“That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.”
— KJV
“That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.”
— ASV
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Commentary
That which is born, &c.--A great universal proposition; "That which is begotten carries within itself the nature of that which begat it" [OLSHAUSEN]. flesh--Not the mere material body, but all that comes into the world by birth, the entire man; yet not humanity simply, but in its corrupted, depraved condition, in complete subjection to the law of the fall (Rom 8:1-9). So that though a man "could enter a second time into his mother's womb and be born," he would be no nearer this "new birth" than before (Job 14:4; Psa 51:5). is spirit--"partakes of and possesses His spiritual nature."
— Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (public domain)
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