Había un hombre de los fariseos, llamado Nicodemo^a, prominente^1b entre los judíos. 2 Este vino a Jesús¹ de noche y le dijo: Rabí^a, sabemos que has venido de Dios como maestro, porque nadie puede hacer las señales^2b que tú haces si Dios no está con él^c. 3 Respondió Jesús y le dijo: En verdad, en verdad te digo que el que no nace de nuevo^1a no puede ver el reino de Dios^b. 4 Nicodemo le dijo*: ¿Cómo puede un hombre nacer siendo ya viejo? ¿Acaso puede entrar por segunda vez en el vientre de su madre y nacer? 5 Jesús respondió: En verdad, en verdad te digo que el que no nace de agua y del Espíritu^a no puede entrar en el reino de Dios^b. 6 Lo que es nacido de la carne, carne es^a, y lo que es nacido del Espíritu, espíritu es. 7 No te asombres de que te haya dicho: «Os es necesario nacer de nuevo¹». 8 El viento sopla donde quiere, y oyes su sonido, pero no sabes de dónde viene ni adónde va^a; así es todo aquel que es nacido del Espíritu. 9 Respondió Nicodemo y le dijo: ¿Cómo puede ser esto? 10 Jesús respondió y le dijo: Tú eres maestro^a de Israel, ¿y no entiendes estas cosas? 11 En verdad, en verdad te digo que hablamos lo que sabemos^a y damos testimonio de lo que hemos visto, pero vosotros no recibís nuestro testimonio^b. 12 Si os he hablado de las cosas terrenales, y no creéis, ¿cómo creeréis si os hablo de las celestiales? 13 Nadie ha subido al cielo^a, sino el que bajó del cielo^b, es decir, el Hijo del Hombre^c que está en el cielo¹. 14 Y como Moisés levantó la serpiente en el desierto^a, así es necesario que sea levantado el Hijo del Hombre^b, 15 para que todo aquel que cree, tenga en Él¹ vida eterna^a.

16 Porque de tal manera amó Dios al mundo^a, que dio a su Hijo unigénito^1b, para que todo aquel que cree en Él, no se pierda, mas tenga vida eterna^c. 17 Porque Dios no envió^a a su Hijo al mundo para juzgar al mundo, sino para que el mundo sea salvo por Él^b. 18 El que cree en Él no es condenado^1a; pero el que no cree, ya ha sido condenado², porque no ha creído en el nombre del unigénito³ Hijo de Dios^b. 19 Y este es el juicio: que la luz vino al mundo^a, y los hombres amaron más las tinieblas que la luz, pues sus acciones eran malas^b. 20 Porque todo el que hace lo malo odia la luz^a, y no viene a la luz para que sus acciones no sean expuestas. 21 Pero el que practica la verdad^a viene a la luz, para que sus acciones sean manifestadas que han sido hechas en Dios.

22 Después de esto vino Jesús con sus discípulos^a a la tierra de Judea, y estaba allí con ellos, y bautizaba^b. 23 Juan también bautizaba en Enón, cerca de Salim, porque allí había mucha agua¹; y muchos venían y eran bautizados. 24 Porque Juan todavía no había sido metido en la cárcel^a. 25 Surgió entonces una discusión entre los discípulos de Juan y un judío acerca de la purificación^a. 26 Y vinieron a Juan y le dijeron: Rabí^a, mira, el que estaba contigo al otro lado del Jordán^b, de quien diste testimonio^c, está bautizando y todos van a Él. 27 Respondió Juan y dijo: Un hombre no puede recibir nada si no le es dado del cielo^a. 28 Vosotros mismos me sois testigos de que dije: «Yo no soy el Cristo^1a, sino que he sido enviado delante de Él». 29 El que tiene la novia es el novio^a, pero el amigo del novio, que está allí y le oye, se alegra en gran manera con la voz del novio. Y por eso, este gozo mío se ha completado^b. 30 Es necesario que Él crezca, y que yo disminuya.

31 El que procede de arriba está por encima de todos; el que es de la tierra, procede¹ de la tierra y habla de la tierra^a. El que procede del cielo está sobre todos^b. 32 Lo que Él ha visto y oído, de eso da testimonio; y nadie recibe su testimonio^a. 33 El que ha recibido su testimonio ha certificado^a esto: que Dios es veraz. 34 Porque aquel a quien Dios ha enviado^a habla las palabras de Dios, pues Él da el Espíritu^b sin medida¹. 35 El Padre ama al Hijo y ha entregado todas las cosas en su mano^a. 36 El que cree en el Hijo tiene vida eterna^a; pero el que no obedece^1b al Hijo no verá la vida, sino que la ira de Dios permanece sobre él.

Now there was a certain man among the Pharisees named ^aNicodemus, a ^bruler (member of the Sanhedrin) among the Jews, 2 who came to Jesus at night and said to Him, “^aRabbi (Teacher) , we know without any doubt that You have come from God as a teacher; for no one can do these ^bsigns these wonders, these attesting miracles that You do unless ^cGod is with him.” 3 Jesus answered him, “I assure you and most solemnly say to you, unless a person ^ais born again reborn from above—spiritually transformed, renewed, sanctified, he cannot ever see and experience ^bthe kingdom of God.”

4 Nicodemus said to Him, “How can a man be born when he is old? He cannot enter his mother’s womb a second time and be born, can he?” 5 Jesus answered, “I assure you and most solemnly say to you, unless one is born of ^awater and the Spirit he cannot ever enter ^bthe kingdom of God. Ezek 36:25-27 6 ^aThat which is born of the flesh is flesh the physical is merely physical, and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit. 7 Do not be surprised that I have told you, ‘You must be born again reborn from above—spiritually transformed, renewed, sanctified.’ 8 ^aThe wind blows where it wishes and you hear its sound, but you do not know where it is coming from and where it is going; so it is with everyone who is born of the Spirit.”

9 Nicodemus said to Him, “How can these things be possible?” 10 Jesus replied, “You are ^athe great and well-known teacher of Israel, and yet you do not know nor understand these things from Scripture? 11 I assure you and most solemnly say to you, ^awe speak only of what we absolutely know and ^btestify about what we have actually seen as eyewitnesses; and still ^cyou reject our evidence and do not accept our testimony. 12 If I told you earthly things that is, things that happen right here on earth and you do not believe, how will you believe and trust Me if I tell you heavenly things? 13 ^aNo one has gone up into heaven, but there is ^bOne who came down from heaven, ^cthe Son of Man Himself—whose home is in heaven. 14 Just as ^aMoses lifted up the bronze serpent in the desert on a pole, so must ^bthe Son of Man ^cbe lifted up on the cross, Num 21:9 15 so that whoever believes will ^ain Him have eternal life after physical death, and will actually live forever.

16 “For God so greatly ^aloved and dearly prized the world, that He even ^bgave His One and ^1conly begotten Son, so that whoever ^dbelieves and trusts in Him as Savior shall not perish, but have eternal life. 17 For God ^adid not send the Son into the world ^bto judge and condemn the world that is, to initiate the final judgment of the world, but that the world might be saved through Him. 18 ^aWhoever believes and has decided to trust in Him as personal Savior and Lord is not judged for this one, there is no judgment, no rejection, no condemnation; but the one who does not believe and has decided to reject Him as personal Savior and Lord is judged already that one has been convicted and sentenced, because ¹he has not believed and trusted in the name of ^bthe One and only begotten Son of God the One who is truly unique, the only One of His kind, the One who alone can save him. 19 This is the judgment that is, the cause for indictment, the test by which people are judged, the basis for the sentence: ^athe Light has come into the world, and people loved the ¹darkness rather than the Light, for ^btheir deeds were evil. Is 5:20 20 ^aFor every wrongdoer hates the Light, and does not come to the Light but shrinks from it for fear that his sinful, worthless activities will be exposed and condemned. 21 But whoever ^apractices truth and does what is right—morally, ethically, spiritually comes to the Light, so that his works may be plainly shown to be what they are—accomplished in God divinely prompted, done with God’s help, in dependence on Him.”

22 After these things Jesus and His ^adisciples went into the land of Judea, and there He spent time with them and ^bbaptized. John 4:1, 2 23 Now John was also baptizing at Aenon near Salim, because there was an abundance of water there; and people were coming and were being baptized— 24 for ^aJohn had not yet been thrown into prison.

25 Therefore there arose a controversy between John’s disciples and a Jew in regard to ^1apurification (ceremonial washing) . 26 So they came to John and said to him, “^aRabbi (Teacher) , the Man who was with you ^bon the other side of the Jordan at the Jordan River crossing—and to whom you ^chave testified—look, He is baptizing too, and everyone is going to Him!” 27 John replied, “^aA man can receive nothing he can claim nothing at all unless it ^bhas been granted to him from heaven for there is no other source than the sovereign will of God. 28 You yourselves are my witnesses that I stated, ‘^aI am not the Christ (the Messiah, the Anointed) ,’ but, ‘I have only been sent ahead of Him as His appointed forerunner and messenger to announce and proclaim His coming.’ Mal 3:1 29 He who has the bride is ^athe bridegroom; but the friend of the bridegroom, who stands by and listens to him, rejoices greatly because of the bridegroom’s voice. So this ^bpleasure and joy of mine is now complete. Song 5:1 30 He must increase in prominence, but I must decrease. Is 9:7

31 “^aHe who comes from heaven above is above all others; ^bhe who is of the earth is from the earth and speaks about things of the earth his viewpoint and experience are earthly. ^cHe who comes from heaven is above all. 32 What He has actually seen and heard, of that He ^atestifies; and yet ^bno one accepts His testimony as true. 33 Whoever receives His testimony ^ahas set his seal of approval to this: God is true and he knows that God cannot lie. 34 For He whom God has ^asent speaks the words of God proclaiming the Father’s own message; ^bfor God gives the gift of the Spirit without measure generously and boundlessly! Deut 18:18 35 ^aThe Father loves the Son and ^bhas given and entrusted all things into His hand. Dan 7:14 36 He who ^abelieves and trusts in the Son and accepts Him as Savior has eternal life that is, already possesses it; but he who does not ^bbelieve the Son and chooses to reject Him, disobeying Him and denying Him as Savior will not see eternal life, but instead the wrath of God hangs over him continually.” Heb 3:18