qSee Matt. 18:3
John 3:3
3Jesus answered him, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is aborn bagain ▼▼Or from above; the Greek is purposely ambiguous and can mean both again and from above; also verse 7
he cannot dsee the kingdom of God.” John 3:5
5Jesus answered, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born eof water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God.John 3:8
8 fThe wind ▼▼The same Greek word means both wind and spirit
blows hwhere it wishes, and you hear its sound, but you do not know where it comes from or where it goes. So it is with everyone who is born of the Spirit.” 1 Corinthians 3:1-2
Divisions in the Church
1But I, brothers, ▼▼Or brothers and sisters
could not address you as jspiritual people, but as kpeople of the flesh, as linfants in Christ. 2 mI fed you with milk, not solid food, for nyou were not ready for it. And even now you are not yet ready, Hebrews 5:11
Warning Against Apostasy
11About this we have much to say, and it is ohard to explain, since you have become dull of hearing.1 Peter 2:1-3
A Living Stone and a Holy People
1 pSo put away all malice and all deceit and hypocrisy and envy and all slander. 2 qLike newborn infants, long for the pure spiritual rmilk, that by it you may grow up into salvation— 3if indeed you have stasted that the Lord is good.
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