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Originally Posted by thephnxman
John 3:3__a man must be born (begotten) from above (the Father).
John 3:4__Nicodemus did not understand: he thought Jesus meant birthed (not begotten): "Can a man be born (birthed)
when he is old? can he enter the second time into his mother's womb, and be born (birthed)?
This revelation must can only come from God.
In John 3:8, the Lord was referring to the birth "...of water and of the Spirit." The natural man cannot understand the things of God.
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John 3:8 is explicitly about those born of the spirit not those born of water and the spirit