And I, brethren, could not speak unto you as unto spiritual, but as unto carnal, {even} as unto babes in Christ.

But we speak the wisdom of God in a mystery, {even} the hidden {wisdom}, which God ordained before the world unto our glory:

Of whom we have many things to say, and hard to be uttered, seeing ye are dull of hearing.

He that cometh from above is above all: he that is of the earth is earthly, and speaketh of the earth: he that cometh from heaven is above all.

Wherefore laying aside all malice, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil speakings,

Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and {of} the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.

And no man hath ascended up to heaven, but he that came down from heaven, {even} the Son of man which is in heaven.

The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the sound thereof, but canst not tell whence it cometh, and whither it goeth: so is every one that is born of the Spirit.

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifest in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen of angels, preached unto the Gentiles, believed on in the world, received up into glory.

Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son {to be} the propitiation for our sins.

Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God. {again: or, from above}

He that cometh from above is above all: he that is of the earth is earthly, and speaketh of the earth: he that cometh from heaven is above all.

But the righteousness which is of faith speaketh on this wise, Say not in thine heart, Who shall ascend into heaven? (that is, to bring Christ down {from above}:)

Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye must be born again. {again: or, from above}

The first man {is} of the earth, earthy: the second man {is} the Lord from heaven.

Come now therefore, and let us slay him, and cast him into some pit, and we will say, Some evil beast hath devoured him: and we shall see what will become of his dreams.