Joh 3:1-6, Rom 5:12-19, 7:18, Gal 2:15-16 | ESV | STEP | Now there was a man of the Pharisees named Nicodemus , a ruler of the Jews .

John 3:1-6

You Must Be Born Again

1 Now there was a man of the Pharisees named ^aNicodemus, ^ba ruler of the Jews. 2 This man came to Jesus ^{▼▼Greek him} ^dby night and said to him, ^e“Rabbi, ^fwe know that you are a teacher come from God, for no one can do these signs that you do ^gunless God is with him.” 3 Jesus answered him, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is ^hborn ⁱagain ^{▼▼Or from above; the Greek is purposely ambiguous and can mean both again and from above; also verse 7} he cannot ^ksee the kingdom of God.” 4 Nicodemus said to him, “How can a man be born when he is old? Can he enter a second time into his mother’s womb and be born?” 5 Jesus answered, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born ^lof water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God. 6 ^mThat which is born of the flesh is ⁿflesh, and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit. ^{▼▼The same Greek word means both wind and spirit}

Romans 5:12-19

Death in Adam, Life in Christ

12 Therefore, just as ^psin came into the world through one man, and ^qdeath through sin, and ^rso death spread to all men ^{▼▼The Greek word anthropoi refers here to both men and women; also twice in verse 18} because ^tall sinned— 13 for sin indeed was in the world before the law was given, but ^usin is not counted where there is no law. 14 Yet death reigned from Adam to Moses, even over those whose sinning was not ^vlike the transgression of Adam, ^wwho was a type of ^xthe one who was to come.

15 But the free gift is not like the trespass. For if many died through one man’s trespass, much more have the grace of God and the free gift by the grace of that one man Jesus Christ abounded for ^ymany. 16 And the free gift is not like the result of that one man’s sin. For ^zthe judgment following one trespass brought condemnation, but the free gift following many trespasses brought ^aajustification. 17 For if, because of one man’s trespass, death reigned through that one man, much more will those who receive the abundance of grace and the free gift of righteousness ^abreign in life through the one man Jesus Christ.

18 Therefore, as one trespass ^{▼▼Or the trespass of one} led to condemnation for all men, so one act of righteousness ^{▼▼Or the act of righteousness of one} leads to justification and life for ^aeall men. 19 For as by the one man’s ^afdisobedience the many were made sinners, so by the one man’s ^agobedience the many will be made righteous.

Romans 7:18

18 For I know that nothing good dwells ^ahin me, that is, in my flesh. For I have the desire to do what is right, but not the ability to carry it out.

Galatians 2:15-16

Justified by Faith

15 We ourselves are Jews by birth and not ^aiGentile sinners; 16 yet we know that ^aja person is not justified ^{▼▼Or counted righteous (three times in verse 16); also verse 17} by works of the law ^albut through faith in Jesus Christ, so we also have believed in Christ Jesus, in order to be justified by faith in Christ and not by works of the law, ^ambecause by works of the law no one will be justified.