John 1:13 who were born, not of blood [natural conception], nor of the will of the flesh [physical impulse], nor of the will of man [that of a natural father], but of ...

1:13 AMP

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Amplified Bible - who were born, not of blood [natural conception], nor of the will of the flesh [physical impulse], nor of the will of man [that of a natural father], but of God [that is, a divine and supernatural birth—they are born of God—spiritually transformed, renewed, sanctified].
新标点和合本 - 这等人不是从血气生的，不是从情欲生的，也不是从人意生的，乃是从　神生的。
和合本2010（上帝版-简体） - 这些人不是从血生的，不是从情欲生的，也不是从人的意愿生的，而是从上帝生的。
和合本2010（神版-简体） - 这些人不是从血生的，不是从情欲生的，也不是从人的意愿生的，而是从　神生的。
当代译本 - 这些人不是从血缘关系生的，也不是从情欲或人意生的，而是从上帝生的。
圣经新译本 - 他们不是从血统生的，不是从肉身的意思生的，也不是从人意生的，而是从　神生的。
中文标准译本 - 他们不是由血缘、或肉体的意愿、或人的意志所生的，而是由神所生的。
现代标点和合本 - 这等人不是从血气生的，不是从情欲生的，也不是从人意生的，乃是从神生的。
和合本（拼音版） - 这等人不是从血气生的，不是从情欲生的，也不是从人意生的，乃是从上帝生的。
New International Version - children born not of natural descent, nor of human decision or a husband’s will, but born of God.
New International Reader's Version - To be a child of God has nothing to do with human parents. Children of God are not born because of human choice or because a husband wants them to be born. They are born because of what God does.
English Standard Version - who were born, not of blood nor of the will of the flesh nor of the will of man, but of God.
New Living Translation - They are reborn—not with a physical birth resulting from human passion or plan, but a birth that comes from God.
Christian Standard Bible - who were born, not of natural descent, or of the will of the flesh, or of the will of man, but of God.
New American Standard Bible - who were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of a man, but of God.
New King James Version - who were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.
American Standard Version - who were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.
King James Version - Which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.
New English Translation - – children not born by human parents or by human desire or a husband’s decision, but by God.
World English Bible - who were born not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.
新標點和合本 - 這等人不是從血氣生的，不是從情慾生的，也不是從人意生的，乃是從神生的。
和合本2010（上帝版-繁體） - 這些人不是從血生的，不是從情慾生的，也不是從人的意願生的，而是從上帝生的。
和合本2010（神版-繁體） - 這些人不是從血生的，不是從情慾生的，也不是從人的意願生的，而是從　神生的。
當代譯本 - 這些人不是從血緣關係生的，也不是從情慾或人意生的，而是從上帝生的。
聖經新譯本 - 他們不是從血統生的，不是從肉身的意思生的，也不是從人意生的，而是從　神生的。
呂振中譯本 - 這種人不是由於血而生的，不是由於肉慾，也不是由於人慾，乃是由於上帝、而生的。
中文標準譯本 - 他們不是由血緣、或肉體的意願、或人的意志所生的，而是由神所生的。
現代標點和合本 - 這等人不是從血氣生的，不是從情慾生的，也不是從人意生的，乃是從神生的。
文理和合譯本 - 其生也、非由血氣、非由情欲、非由人意、乃由上帝也、
文理委辦譯本 - 是非由血氣、非由情欲、非由人意而生、乃由上帝也、
施約瑟淺文理新舊約聖經 - 若是者、非由血氣、非由情慾、非由人意而生、乃由天主而生、○
吳經熊文理聖詠與新經全集 - 卓哉身分。若輩之生。非緣血氣。惟自天主。無與人意。
Nueva Versión Internacional - Estos no nacen de la sangre, ni por deseos naturales, ni por voluntad humana, sino que nacen de Dios.
현대인의 성경 - 이 사람들이 하나님의 자녀가 된 것은 핏줄이나 육체적 욕망이나 사람의 뜻으로 된 것이 아니라 하나님의 뜻에 의해서 된 것이다.
Новый Русский Перевод - детьми, рожденными не от крови, не от желаний или намерений человека, а рожденными от Бога.
Восточный перевод - детьми, рождёнными не от крови, не от желаний или намерений человека, а рождёнными от Всевышнего .
Восточный перевод, версия с «Аллахом» - детьми, рождёнными не от крови, не от желаний или намерений человека, а рождёнными от Всевышнего .
Восточный перевод, версия для Таджикистана - детьми, рождёнными не от крови, не от желаний или намерений человека, а рождёнными от Всевышнего .
La Bible du Semeur 2015 - Ce n’est pas par une naissance naturelle, ni sous l’impulsion d’un désir, ou encore par la volonté d’un homme, qu’ils le sont devenus ; mais c’est de Dieu qu’ils sont nés.
リビングバイブル - 信じる人はだれでも、新しく生まれ変わります。それは、人間の熱意や計画によるものではありません。神がそう望まれたからです。
Nestle Aland 28 - οἳ οὐκ ἐξ αἱμάτων οὐδὲ ἐκ θελήματος σαρκὸς οὐδὲ ἐκ θελήματος ἀνδρὸς ἀλλ’ ἐκ θεοῦ ἐγεννήθησαν.
unfoldingWord® Greek New Testament - οἳ οὐκ ἐξ αἱμάτων, οὐδὲ ἐκ θελήματος σαρκὸς, οὐδὲ ἐκ θελήματος ἀνδρὸς, ἀλλ’ ἐκ Θεοῦ ἐγεννήθησαν.
Nova Versão Internacional - os quais não nasceram por descendência natural , nem pela vontade da carne nem pela vontade de algum homem, mas nasceram de Deus.
Hoffnung für alle - Das wurden sie nicht, weil sie zu einem auserwählten Volk gehörten, auch nicht durch menschliche Zeugung und Geburt. Dieses neue Leben gab ihnen allein Gott.
Kinh Thánh Hiện Đại - Những người ấy được chính Đức Chúa Trời sinh thành, chứ không sinh ra theo huyết thống, hay theo tình ý loài người.
พระคริสตธรรมคัมภีร์ไทย ฉบับอมตธรรมร่วมสมัย - คือเป็นบุตรที่ไม่ได้เกิดจากการสืบเชื้อสายตามธรรมชาติ หรือจากการตัดสินใจของมนุษย์ หรือจากเจตจำนงของสามี แต่เกิดจากพระเจ้า
พระคัมภีร์ ฉบับแปลใหม่ - คือบุตรที่ไม่ได้เกิดจากเลือดเนื้อที่เป็นมนุษย์หรือความต้องการฝ่ายเนื้อหนัง หรือความประสงค์ของฝ่ายชาย แต่เกิดจากพระเจ้า

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Genesis 27:4 - and make me a savory and delicious dish [of meat], the kind I love, and bring it to me to eat, so that my soul may bless you [as my firstborn son] before I die.”
Genesis 25:28 - Now Isaac loved [and favored] Esau, because he enjoyed eating his game, but Rebekah loved [and favored] Jacob.
Genesis 27:33 - Then Isaac trembled violently, and he said, “Then who was the one [who was just here] who hunted game and brought it to me? I ate all of it before you came, and I blessed him. Yes, and he [in fact] shall be (shall remain) blessed.”
Psalms 110:3 - Your people will offer themselves willingly [to participate in Your battle] in the day of Your power; In the splendor of holiness, from the womb of the dawn, Your young men are to You as the dew.
Genesis 25:22 - But the children struggled together within her [kicking and shoving one another]; and she said, “If it is so [that the Lord has heard our prayer], why then am I this way?” So she went to inquire of the Lord [praying for an answer].
Matthew 3:9 - and do not presume to say to yourselves [as a defense], ‘We have Abraham for our father [so our inheritance assures us of salvation]’; for I say to you that from these stones God is able to raise up children (descendants) for Abraham.
1 Peter 2:2 - like newborn babies [you should] long for the pure milk of the word, so that by it you may be nurtured and grow in respect to salvation [its ultimate fulfillment],
Romans 9:1 - I am telling the truth in Christ, I am not lying, my conscience testifies with me [enlightened and prompted] by the Holy Spirit,
Romans 9:2 - that I have great sorrow and unceasing anguish in my heart.
Romans 9:3 - For [if it were possible] I would wish that I myself were accursed, [separated, banished] from Christ for the sake [of the salvation] of my brothers, my natural kinsmen,
Romans 9:4 - who are Israelites, to whom belongs the adoption as sons, the glory ( Shekinah), the [special] covenants [with Abraham, Moses, and David], the giving of the Law, the [system of temple] worship, and the [original] promises.
Romans 9:5 - To them belong the patriarchs, and from them, according to His natural descent, came the Christ (the Messiah, the Anointed), He who is exalted and supreme over all, God blessed forever. Amen.
John 8:33 - They answered Him, “We are Abraham’s descendants and have never been enslaved to anyone. What do You mean by saying, ‘You will be set free’?”
John 8:34 - Jesus answered, “I assure you and most solemnly say to you, everyone who practices sin habitually is a slave of sin.
John 8:35 - Now the slave does not remain in a household forever; the son [of the master] does remain forever.
John 8:36 - So if the Son makes you free, then you are unquestionably free.
John 8:37 - I know that you are Abraham’s descendants; yet you plan to kill Me, because My word has no place [to grow] in you [and it makes no change in your heart].
John 8:38 - I tell the things that I have seen at My Father’s side [in His very presence]; so you also do the things that you heard from your father.”
John 8:39 - They answered, “Abraham is our father.” Jesus said to them, “If you are [truly] Abraham’s children, then do the works of Abraham and follow his example.
John 8:40 - But as it is, you want to kill Me, a Man who has told you the truth, which I heard from God. This is not the way Abraham acted.
John 8:41 - You are doing the works of your [own] father.” They said to Him, “We are not illegitimate children; we have one [spiritual] Father: God.”
Romans 10:1 - Brothers and sisters, my heart’s desire and my prayer to God for Israel is for their salvation.
Romans 10:2 - For I testify about them that they have a certain enthusiasm for God, but not in accordance with [correct and vital] knowledge [about Him and His purposes].
Romans 10:3 - For not knowing about God’s righteousness [which is based on faith], and seeking to establish their own [righteousness based on works], they did not submit to God’s righteousness.
John 3:3 - Jesus answered him, “I assure you and most solemnly say to you, unless a person is born again [reborn from above—spiritually transformed, renewed, sanctified], he cannot [ever] see and experience the kingdom of God.”
Romans 9:7 - and they are not all the children of Abraham because they are his descendants [by blood], but [the promise was]: “Your descendants will be named through Isaac” [though Abraham had other sons].
Romans 9:8 - That is, it is not the children of the body [Abraham’s natural descendants] who are God’s children, but it is the children of the promise who are counted as [Abraham’s true] descendants.
Romans 9:9 - For this is what the promise said: “About this time [next year] I will come, and Sarah shall have a son.”
Romans 9:10 - And not only that, but this too: Rebekah conceived twin sons by one man [under the same circumstances], by our father Isaac;
Romans 9:11 - and though the twins were not yet born and had not done anything either good or bad, so that God’s purpose [His choice, His election] would stand, not because of works [done by either child], but because of [the plan of] Him who calls them,
Romans 9:12 - it was said to her, “The older (Esau) will serve the younger (Jacob).”
Romans 9:13 - As it is written and forever remains written, “ Jacob I loved (chose, protected, blessed), but Esau I hated (held in disregard compared to Jacob).”
Romans 9:14 - What shall we say then? Is there injustice with God? Certainly not!
Romans 9:15 - For He says to Moses, “I will have mercy on whomever I have mercy, and I will have compassion on whomever I have compassion.”
Romans 9:16 - So then God’s choice is not dependent on human will, nor on human effort [the totality of human striving], but on God who shows mercy [to whomever He chooses—it is His sovereign gift].
1 John 5:1 - Everyone who believes [with a deep, abiding trust in the fact] that Jesus is the Christ (the Messiah, the Anointed) is born of God [that is, reborn from above—spiritually transformed, renewed, and set apart for His purpose], and everyone who loves the Father also loves the child born of Him.
1 John 5:4 - For everyone born of God is victorious and overcomes the world; and this is the victory that has conquered and overcome the world—our [continuing, persistent] faith [in Jesus the Son of God].
1 John 4:7 - Beloved, let us [unselfishly] love and seek the best for one another, for love is from God; and everyone who loves [others] is born of God and knows God [through personal experience].
1 Corinthians 3:6 - I planted, Apollos watered, but God [all the while] was causing the growth.
Philippians 2:13 - For it is [not your strength, but it is] God who is effectively at work in you, both to will and to work [that is, strengthening, energizing, and creating in you the longing and the ability to fulfill your purpose] for His good pleasure.
Titus 3:5 - He saved us, not because of any works of righteousness that we have done, but because of His own compassion and mercy, by the cleansing of the new birth (spiritual transformation, regeneration) and renewing by the Holy Spirit,
1 John 2:28 - Now, little children (believers, dear ones), remain in Him [with unwavering faith], so that when He appears [at His return], we may have [perfect] confidence and not be ashamed and shrink away from Him at His coming.
1 John 2:29 - If you know that He is absolutely righteous, you know [for certain] that everyone who practices righteousness [doing what is right and conforming to God’s will] has been born of Him.
John 3:5 - Jesus answered, “I assure you and most solemnly say to you, unless one is born of water and the Spirit he cannot [ever] enter the kingdom of God.
John 3:6 - That which is born of the flesh is flesh [the physical is merely physical], and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.
John 3:7 - Do not be surprised that I have told you, ‘You must be born again [reborn from above—spiritually transformed, renewed, sanctified].’
John 3:8 - The 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.”
1 Peter 1:23 - for you have been born again [that is, reborn from above—spiritually transformed, renewed, and set apart for His purpose] not of seed which is perishable but [from that which is] imperishable and immortal, that is, through the living and everlasting word of God.
1 Peter 1:3 - Blessed [gratefully praised and adored] be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to His abundant and boundless mercy has caused us to be born again [that is, to be reborn from above—spiritually transformed, renewed, and set apart for His purpose] to an ever-living hope and confident assurance through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,
James 1:18 - It was of His own will that He gave us birth [as His children] by the word of truth, so that we would be a kind of first fruits of His creatures [a prime example of what He created to be set apart to Himself—sanctified, made holy for His divine purposes].

逐节对照

交叉引用

Amplified Bible - who were born, not of blood [natural conception], nor of the will of the flesh [physical impulse], nor of the will of man [that of a natural father], but of God [that is, a divine and supernatural birth—they are born of God—spiritually transformed, renewed, sanctified].
新标点和合本 - 这等人不是从血气生的，不是从情欲生的，也不是从人意生的，乃是从　神生的。
和合本2010（上帝版-简体） - 这些人不是从血生的，不是从情欲生的，也不是从人的意愿生的，而是从上帝生的。
和合本2010（神版-简体） - 这些人不是从血生的，不是从情欲生的，也不是从人的意愿生的，而是从　神生的。
当代译本 - 这些人不是从血缘关系生的，也不是从情欲或人意生的，而是从上帝生的。
圣经新译本 - 他们不是从血统生的，不是从肉身的意思生的，也不是从人意生的，而是从　神生的。
中文标准译本 - 他们不是由血缘、或肉体的意愿、或人的意志所生的，而是由神所生的。
现代标点和合本 - 这等人不是从血气生的，不是从情欲生的，也不是从人意生的，乃是从神生的。
和合本（拼音版） - 这等人不是从血气生的，不是从情欲生的，也不是从人意生的，乃是从上帝生的。
New International Version - children born not of natural descent, nor of human decision or a husband’s will, but born of God.
New International Reader's Version - To be a child of God has nothing to do with human parents. Children of God are not born because of human choice or because a husband wants them to be born. They are born because of what God does.
English Standard Version - who were born, not of blood nor of the will of the flesh nor of the will of man, but of God.
New Living Translation - They are reborn—not with a physical birth resulting from human passion or plan, but a birth that comes from God.
Christian Standard Bible - who were born, not of natural descent, or of the will of the flesh, or of the will of man, but of God.
New American Standard Bible - who were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of a man, but of God.
New King James Version - who were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.
American Standard Version - who were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.
King James Version - Which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.
New English Translation - – children not born by human parents or by human desire or a husband’s decision, but by God.
World English Bible - who were born not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.
新標點和合本 - 這等人不是從血氣生的，不是從情慾生的，也不是從人意生的，乃是從神生的。
和合本2010（上帝版-繁體） - 這些人不是從血生的，不是從情慾生的，也不是從人的意願生的，而是從上帝生的。
和合本2010（神版-繁體） - 這些人不是從血生的，不是從情慾生的，也不是從人的意願生的，而是從　神生的。
當代譯本 - 這些人不是從血緣關係生的，也不是從情慾或人意生的，而是從上帝生的。
聖經新譯本 - 他們不是從血統生的，不是從肉身的意思生的，也不是從人意生的，而是從　神生的。
呂振中譯本 - 這種人不是由於血而生的，不是由於肉慾，也不是由於人慾，乃是由於上帝、而生的。
中文標準譯本 - 他們不是由血緣、或肉體的意願、或人的意志所生的，而是由神所生的。
現代標點和合本 - 這等人不是從血氣生的，不是從情慾生的，也不是從人意生的，乃是從神生的。
文理和合譯本 - 其生也、非由血氣、非由情欲、非由人意、乃由上帝也、
文理委辦譯本 - 是非由血氣、非由情欲、非由人意而生、乃由上帝也、
施約瑟淺文理新舊約聖經 - 若是者、非由血氣、非由情慾、非由人意而生、乃由天主而生、○
吳經熊文理聖詠與新經全集 - 卓哉身分。若輩之生。非緣血氣。惟自天主。無與人意。
Nueva Versión Internacional - Estos no nacen de la sangre, ni por deseos naturales, ni por voluntad humana, sino que nacen de Dios.
현대인의 성경 - 이 사람들이 하나님의 자녀가 된 것은 핏줄이나 육체적 욕망이나 사람의 뜻으로 된 것이 아니라 하나님의 뜻에 의해서 된 것이다.
Новый Русский Перевод - детьми, рожденными не от крови, не от желаний или намерений человека, а рожденными от Бога.
Восточный перевод - детьми, рождёнными не от крови, не от желаний или намерений человека, а рождёнными от Всевышнего .
Восточный перевод, версия с «Аллахом» - детьми, рождёнными не от крови, не от желаний или намерений человека, а рождёнными от Всевышнего .
Восточный перевод, версия для Таджикистана - детьми, рождёнными не от крови, не от желаний или намерений человека, а рождёнными от Всевышнего .
La Bible du Semeur 2015 - Ce n’est pas par une naissance naturelle, ni sous l’impulsion d’un désir, ou encore par la volonté d’un homme, qu’ils le sont devenus ; mais c’est de Dieu qu’ils sont nés.
リビングバイブル - 信じる人はだれでも、新しく生まれ変わります。それは、人間の熱意や計画によるものではありません。神がそう望まれたからです。
Nestle Aland 28 - οἳ οὐκ ἐξ αἱμάτων οὐδὲ ἐκ θελήματος σαρκὸς οὐδὲ ἐκ θελήματος ἀνδρὸς ἀλλ’ ἐκ θεοῦ ἐγεννήθησαν.
unfoldingWord® Greek New Testament - οἳ οὐκ ἐξ αἱμάτων, οὐδὲ ἐκ θελήματος σαρκὸς, οὐδὲ ἐκ θελήματος ἀνδρὸς, ἀλλ’ ἐκ Θεοῦ ἐγεννήθησαν.
Nova Versão Internacional - os quais não nasceram por descendência natural , nem pela vontade da carne nem pela vontade de algum homem, mas nasceram de Deus.
Hoffnung für alle - Das wurden sie nicht, weil sie zu einem auserwählten Volk gehörten, auch nicht durch menschliche Zeugung und Geburt. Dieses neue Leben gab ihnen allein Gott.
Kinh Thánh Hiện Đại - Những người ấy được chính Đức Chúa Trời sinh thành, chứ không sinh ra theo huyết thống, hay theo tình ý loài người.
พระคริสตธรรมคัมภีร์ไทย ฉบับอมตธรรมร่วมสมัย - คือเป็นบุตรที่ไม่ได้เกิดจากการสืบเชื้อสายตามธรรมชาติ หรือจากการตัดสินใจของมนุษย์ หรือจากเจตจำนงของสามี แต่เกิดจากพระเจ้า
พระคัมภีร์ ฉบับแปลใหม่ - คือบุตรที่ไม่ได้เกิดจากเลือดเนื้อที่เป็นมนุษย์หรือความต้องการฝ่ายเนื้อหนัง หรือความประสงค์ของฝ่ายชาย แต่เกิดจากพระเจ้า

Genesis 27:4 - and make me a savory and delicious dish [of meat], the kind I love, and bring it to me to eat, so that my soul may bless you [as my firstborn son] before I die.”
Genesis 25:28 - Now Isaac loved [and favored] Esau, because he enjoyed eating his game, but Rebekah loved [and favored] Jacob.
Genesis 27:33 - Then Isaac trembled violently, and he said, “Then who was the one [who was just here] who hunted game and brought it to me? I ate all of it before you came, and I blessed him. Yes, and he [in fact] shall be (shall remain) blessed.”
Psalms 110:3 - Your people will offer themselves willingly [to participate in Your battle] in the day of Your power; In the splendor of holiness, from the womb of the dawn, Your young men are to You as the dew.
Genesis 25:22 - But the children struggled together within her [kicking and shoving one another]; and she said, “If it is so [that the Lord has heard our prayer], why then am I this way?” So she went to inquire of the Lord [praying for an answer].
Matthew 3:9 - and do not presume to say to yourselves [as a defense], ‘We have Abraham for our father [so our inheritance assures us of salvation]’; for I say to you that from these stones God is able to raise up children (descendants) for Abraham.
1 Peter 2:2 - like newborn babies [you should] long for the pure milk of the word, so that by it you may be nurtured and grow in respect to salvation [its ultimate fulfillment],
Romans 9:1 - I am telling the truth in Christ, I am not lying, my conscience testifies with me [enlightened and prompted] by the Holy Spirit,
Romans 9:2 - that I have great sorrow and unceasing anguish in my heart.
Romans 9:3 - For [if it were possible] I would wish that I myself were accursed, [separated, banished] from Christ for the sake [of the salvation] of my brothers, my natural kinsmen,
Romans 9:4 - who are Israelites, to whom belongs the adoption as sons, the glory ( Shekinah), the [special] covenants [with Abraham, Moses, and David], the giving of the Law, the [system of temple] worship, and the [original] promises.
Romans 9:5 - To them belong the patriarchs, and from them, according to His natural descent, came the Christ (the Messiah, the Anointed), He who is exalted and supreme over all, God blessed forever. Amen.
John 8:33 - They answered Him, “We are Abraham’s descendants and have never been enslaved to anyone. What do You mean by saying, ‘You will be set free’?”
John 8:34 - Jesus answered, “I assure you and most solemnly say to you, everyone who practices sin habitually is a slave of sin.
John 8:35 - Now the slave does not remain in a household forever; the son [of the master] does remain forever.
John 8:36 - So if the Son makes you free, then you are unquestionably free.
John 8:37 - I know that you are Abraham’s descendants; yet you plan to kill Me, because My word has no place [to grow] in you [and it makes no change in your heart].
John 8:38 - I tell the things that I have seen at My Father’s side [in His very presence]; so you also do the things that you heard from your father.”
John 8:39 - They answered, “Abraham is our father.” Jesus said to them, “If you are [truly] Abraham’s children, then do the works of Abraham and follow his example.
John 8:40 - But as it is, you want to kill Me, a Man who has told you the truth, which I heard from God. This is not the way Abraham acted.
John 8:41 - You are doing the works of your [own] father.” They said to Him, “We are not illegitimate children; we have one [spiritual] Father: God.”
Romans 10:1 - Brothers and sisters, my heart’s desire and my prayer to God for Israel is for their salvation.
Romans 10:2 - For I testify about them that they have a certain enthusiasm for God, but not in accordance with [correct and vital] knowledge [about Him and His purposes].
Romans 10:3 - For not knowing about God’s righteousness [which is based on faith], and seeking to establish their own [righteousness based on works], they did not submit to God’s righteousness.
John 3:3 - Jesus answered him, “I assure you and most solemnly say to you, unless a person is born again [reborn from above—spiritually transformed, renewed, sanctified], he cannot [ever] see and experience the kingdom of God.”
Romans 9:7 - and they are not all the children of Abraham because they are his descendants [by blood], but [the promise was]: “Your descendants will be named through Isaac” [though Abraham had other sons].
Romans 9:8 - That is, it is not the children of the body [Abraham’s natural descendants] who are God’s children, but it is the children of the promise who are counted as [Abraham’s true] descendants.
Romans 9:9 - For this is what the promise said: “About this time [next year] I will come, and Sarah shall have a son.”
Romans 9:10 - And not only that, but this too: Rebekah conceived twin sons by one man [under the same circumstances], by our father Isaac;
Romans 9:11 - and though the twins were not yet born and had not done anything either good or bad, so that God’s purpose [His choice, His election] would stand, not because of works [done by either child], but because of [the plan of] Him who calls them,
Romans 9:12 - it was said to her, “The older (Esau) will serve the younger (Jacob).”
Romans 9:13 - As it is written and forever remains written, “ Jacob I loved (chose, protected, blessed), but Esau I hated (held in disregard compared to Jacob).”
Romans 9:14 - What shall we say then? Is there injustice with God? Certainly not!
Romans 9:15 - For He says to Moses, “I will have mercy on whomever I have mercy, and I will have compassion on whomever I have compassion.”
Romans 9:16 - So then God’s choice is not dependent on human will, nor on human effort [the totality of human striving], but on God who shows mercy [to whomever He chooses—it is His sovereign gift].
1 John 5:1 - Everyone who believes [with a deep, abiding trust in the fact] that Jesus is the Christ (the Messiah, the Anointed) is born of God [that is, reborn from above—spiritually transformed, renewed, and set apart for His purpose], and everyone who loves the Father also loves the child born of Him.
1 John 5:4 - For everyone born of God is victorious and overcomes the world; and this is the victory that has conquered and overcome the world—our [continuing, persistent] faith [in Jesus the Son of God].
1 John 4:7 - Beloved, let us [unselfishly] love and seek the best for one another, for love is from God; and everyone who loves [others] is born of God and knows God [through personal experience].
1 Corinthians 3:6 - I planted, Apollos watered, but God [all the while] was causing the growth.
Philippians 2:13 - For it is [not your strength, but it is] God who is effectively at work in you, both to will and to work [that is, strengthening, energizing, and creating in you the longing and the ability to fulfill your purpose] for His good pleasure.
Titus 3:5 - He saved us, not because of any works of righteousness that we have done, but because of His own compassion and mercy, by the cleansing of the new birth (spiritual transformation, regeneration) and renewing by the Holy Spirit,
1 John 2:28 - Now, little children (believers, dear ones), remain in Him [with unwavering faith], so that when He appears [at His return], we may have [perfect] confidence and not be ashamed and shrink away from Him at His coming.
1 John 2:29 - If you know that He is absolutely righteous, you know [for certain] that everyone who practices righteousness [doing what is right and conforming to God’s will] has been born of Him.
John 3:5 - Jesus answered, “I assure you and most solemnly say to you, unless one is born of water and the Spirit he cannot [ever] enter the kingdom of God.
John 3:6 - That which is born of the flesh is flesh [the physical is merely physical], and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.
John 3:7 - Do not be surprised that I have told you, ‘You must be born again [reborn from above—spiritually transformed, renewed, sanctified].’
John 3:8 - The 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.”
1 Peter 1:23 - for you have been born again [that is, reborn from above—spiritually transformed, renewed, and set apart for His purpose] not of seed which is perishable but [from that which is] imperishable and immortal, that is, through the living and everlasting word of God.
1 Peter 1:3 - Blessed [gratefully praised and adored] be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to His abundant and boundless mercy has caused us to be born again [that is, to be reborn from above—spiritually transformed, renewed, and set apart for His purpose] to an ever-living hope and confident assurance through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,
James 1:18 - It was of His own will that He gave us birth [as His children] by the word of truth, so that we would be a kind of first fruits of His creatures [a prime example of what He created to be set apart to Himself—sanctified, made holy for His divine purposes].