 | Jean Calvin - 1841 - 682 pages
...and which they suppose to represent a present regeneration as requisite to baptism ; " Except a man be born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God." (t) See, they say, how baptism is called regeneration by the mouth of the Lord. When... | |
 | Cyril George Hutchinson - 1841 - 308 pages
...should then be born of the Spirit, how is he then born of water ? for our Saviour says, " Except a man be born of WATER and the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God." We say, therefore, that these words evidently allude to baptism — the washing with... | |
 | George Washington Burnap - 1842 - 396 pages
...conversation with Nicodemus. " Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God. Except a man be born of water and the spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God. That which is born of the flesh is flesh, and that which is born of the spirit is spirit."... | |
 | John Alonzo Clark - 1842 - 274 pages
...has been "born of water," according to our Saviour's explanation of the new birth — " except a man be born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of Heaven." There are others, to whom this term conveys other shades of meaning. Now, because... | |
 | Francis Jenks, James Walker, Francis William Pitt Greenwood, William Ware - 1833 - 424 pages
...with Nicodemus, and particularly of the declaration, " Verily, verily, I say unto thee, except a man be born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God." "I have quoted the passage," says he, " as it appears in our in our version. It is... | |
 | Nikolaos Boulgaris - 1861 - 328 pages
...tradition of the seven holy Mysteries is seen. C. Holy Baptism appears in S.John iii. 5, "Except a man be born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter into the Kingdom of GOD ;" and in S. Matt. xxviii. 19, " Go ye into all the world, and make disciples of all... | |
 | Alan Watts - 1971 - 292 pages
...salvation came down from heaven, and was incarnate by the Holy Spirit of the Virgin Mary.2 Except a man be born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.3 0 God, whose Spirit in the very beginning of the world moved over the waters, that... | |
 | Gerrit Cornelis Berkouwer - 1969 - 312 pages
...new that Nicodemus could have had no knowledge of it when He said: "Verily, verily, I say unto thee, except one be born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God" (John 3:5) . Christ speaks here of spiritual birth, and when Nicodemus then asks how... | |
 | Inez E. Perry - 1996 - 122 pages
...glyph. It is symbolical of the WATER OF LIFE, and in John 3:5 we read: "Verily, verily, I say unto thee, except one be born of WATER and the SPIRIT he cannot enter into the kingdom of SxL" Using our interpretation of ATMOSPHERE, it is evident that 1he CHANGE or NEW BIRTH... | |
 | Paul King Jewett - 1978 - 276 pages
...practices, moreover, share a democratic exegetical pedigree. Understanding John 3:5, "Except a man be born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God," to make baptism essential to salvation, the Fathers concluded — naturally — that... | |
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Except a man be born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God. 
