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1 | Water, baptism and John 3:5/Titus 3:5 | John 3:5 | Morant61 | 110473 | ||
Greetings Huron! May I interject? I tend to agree with Terrib on this issue. I believe that Jesus was setting up a contrast between physical birth and spiritual birth. It is obvious that Nicodemus understood Jesus' comments as a reference to physical birth since he asked if he had to enter his mother's womb a second time. So, in v. 5, Jesus is simply stating that both physical and spiritual birth are necessary. He is taking him beyond the physical if you will. This is further evidenced by v. 6. Jesus says that 'flesh give birth to flesh' (physical birth), and 'the Spirit gives birth to spirit' (spiritual birth). Your Brother in Christ, Tim Moran |
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2 | Water, baptism and John 3:5/Titus 3:5 | John 3:5 | Huron | 110517 | ||
Tim, Thanks for that very illuminating thought! Okay, I guess I have to agree that it is a possibility that has some definate merit. At this point I have to admit that I really, really wish that I knew how to read Greek to dig into this one a little deeper. Some very good points have been brought up on this thread. Now I'm going to ponder Acts 2:38 for a bit. Huron |
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3 | Water, baptism and John 3:5/Titus 3:5 | John 3:5 | Morant61 | 110522 | ||
Greetings Huron! There really isn't much help to be gained from the Greek on this passage other than 'born again' should really be translated 'born from above'! :-) I really have no clue where the 'again' came from in the first place. :-) Your Brother in Christ, Tim Moran |
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