约翰福音 3

人必须重生

1 有一个法利赛人，名叫尼哥德慕，是犹太人的官长。2 他夜间来到耶稣那里，对他说：“拉比，我们知道你是从 神那里来的教师，因为如果没有 神同在，你所行的这些神蹟，就没有人能行。”3 耶稣回答：“我实实在在告诉你，人若不重生，就不能见 神的国。”4 尼哥德慕说：“人老了，怎能重生呢？难道他能再进母腹生出来吗？”5 耶稣回答：“我实实在在告诉你，人若不是从水和圣灵生的，就不能进 神的国。6 从肉身生的就是肉身，从灵生的就是灵。7 你不要因为我对你说‘你们必须重生’而感到希奇。8 风随意而吹，你听见它的响声，却不知道它从哪里来，往哪里去；凡从圣灵生的，也是这样。”9 尼哥德慕说：“怎能有这事呢？”10 耶稣说：“你是以色列人的教师，还不明白这事吗？11 我实实在在告诉你，我们知道的，才讲论；见过的，就作证，然而你们却不接受我们的见证。12 我对你们讲地上的事，你们尚且不信，如果讲天上的事，怎能相信呢？13 除了那从天上降下来的人子，没有人升过天。14 摩西在旷野怎样把铜蛇举起，人子也必照样被举起来，15 使所有信他的人都得永生。16 “ 神爱世人，甚至把他的独生子赐给他们，叫一切信他的，不至灭亡，反得永生。17 因为 神差他的儿子到世上来，不是要定世人的罪，而是要使世人藉着他得救。18 信他的，不被定罪；不信的，罪已经定了，因为他不信 神独生子的名。19 光来到世上，世人因为自己的行为邪恶，不爱光倒爱黑暗，定他们罪的原因，就在这里。20 凡作恶的都恨光，不来接近光，免得他的恶行暴露出来。21 凡行真理的，就来接近光，好显明他所作的都是靠着 神而作的。”
他必兴旺，我必衰微22 这事以后，耶稣和门徒来到犹太地，他和他们住在那里，并且施洗。23 约翰也在靠近撒冷的艾嫩施洗，因为那里水多；众人都去受洗。24 那时约翰还没有入狱。25 约翰的门徒和一个犹太人为洁净礼发生辩论。26 他们来到约翰那里，对他说：“拉比，你看，从前和你在约旦河东，你为他作见证的那一位，他也在施洗，众人都到他那里去了。”27 约翰回答：“除了从天上赐下来给他的，人就不能得到甚么。28 你们自己可以为我作证：我曾说，我不是基督，不过是奉差遣作他的先锋的。29 娶新娘的是新郎。新郎的好友站在那里听着，听见新郎的声音就非常喜乐。因此，我这喜乐满溢了！30 他必兴旺，我必衰微。
从天上来的31 “那从天上来的，是在万有之上；从地上来的，是属于地，所讲的也是属于地。那从天上来的，是超越万有之上。32 他把所见所闻的见证出来，可是没有人接受他的见证。33 那接受他的见证的，就确认 神是真的。34 神所差来的那一位讲 神的话，因为 神把圣灵无限地赐给他。35 父爱子，已经把万有交在他手里。36 信子的，有永生；不信从子的，必不得见永生， 神的震怒却常在他身上。”

John 3

Conversation with Nicodemus

1 Now a certain man, a Pharisees named Nicodemus, who was a member of the Jewish ruling council,t2 came to Jesust at nightts and said to him, “Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher who has come from God. For no one could perform the miraculous signss that you do unless God is with him.”3 Jesus replied,t “I tell you the solemn truth,t unless a person is born from above,ts he cannot see the kingdom of God.”s

4 Nicodemus said to him, “How can a man be born when he is old? He cannot enter his mother’s womb and be born a second time, can he?”t
5 Jesus answered, “I tell you the solemn truth,t unless a person is born of water and spirit,ts he cannot enter the kingdom of God.6 What is born of the flesh is flesh,s and what is born of the Spirit is spirit.7 Do not be amazed that I said to you, ‘You must allt be born from above.’t

8 The windt blows wherever it will, and you hear the sound it makes, but do not know where it comes from and where it is going. So it is with everyone who is born of the Spirit.”s
9 Nicodemus replied,t “How can these things be?”s10 Jesus answered,t “Are you the teacher of Israel and yet you don’t understand these things?s11 I tell you the solemn truth,t we speak about what we know and testify about what we have seen, butt you peoplet do not accept our testimony.s12 If I have told you peoplet about earthly things and you don’t believe, how will you believe if I tell you about heavenly things?s13 No onet has ascendeds into heaven except the one who descended from heaven – the Son of Man.ss14 Just ast Moses lifted up the serpentsin the wilderness,s so must the Son of Man be lifted up,s

15 so that everyone who believes in him may have eternal life.”ts
16 For this is the wayts God loved the world: He gave his one and onlyt Son, so that everyone who believes in him will not perisht but have eternal life.s17 For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world,s but that the world should be saved through him.18 The one who believes in him is not condemned.t The one who does not believe has been condemnedt already, because he has not believed in the name of the one and onlyt Son of God.19 Now this is the basis for judging:t that the light has come into the world and peoplet loved the darkness rather than the light, because their deeds were evil.20 For everyone who does evil deeds hates the light and does not come to the light, so that their deeds will not be exposed.

21 But the one who practices the truth comes to the light, so that it may be plainly evident that his deeds have been done in God.s

Further Testimony About Jesus by John the Baptist

22 After this,t Jesus and his disciples came into Judean territory, and there he spent time with them and was baptizing.23 Johns was also baptizing at Aenon near Salim,t because water was plentiful there, and people were comingt to himt and being baptized.

24 (For John had not yet been thrown into prison.)s
25 Now a dispute came about between some of John’s disciples and a certain Jewst concerning ceremonial washing.ts

26 So they came to John and said to him, “Rabbi, the one who was with you on the other side of the Jordan River,t about whom you testified – see, he is baptizing, and everyone is flocking to him!”
27 John replied,t “No one can receive anything unless it has been given to him from heaven.28 You yourselves can testify that I said, ‘I am not the Christ,’ts but rather, ‘I have been sent before him.’29 The one who has the bride is the bridegroom. The friend of the bridegroom, who stands by and listens for him, rejoices greatlyt when he hears the bridegroom’s voice. This then is my joy, and it is complete.t

30 He must become more important while I become less important.”s
31 The one who comes from above is superior to all.t The one who is from the earth belongs to the earth and speaks about earthly things.t The one who comes from heavens is superior to all.st32 He testifies about what he has seen and heard, but no one accepts his testimony.33 The one who has accepted his testimony has confirmed clearly that God is truthful.t34 For the one whom God has sentt speaks the words of God, for he does not give the Spirit sparingly.t35 The Father loves the Son and has placed all things under his authority.t

36 The one who believes in the Son has eternal life. The one who rejectst the Son will not see life, but God’s wratht remainst on him.