John 3:3 - The typical English translation is something like: “ …...Unless one is born again “
John 3:3 ( 1550 Stephanus Greek NT ) – ( 1611 KJV )
γεννηθη ανωθεν
receive birth from aboveJohn 3:3 ( 1898 Novum Testamentum Graece ) – ( NIV & NASB )
γεννηθη ανωθεν
is born from aboveJohn 3:3 ( 1894 Scrivener New Testament ) - ( NKJV )
γεννηθη   ανωθεν
receive birth from aboveJohn 3:3 ( 1881 Wescott and Hort Greek NT ) – ( NWT - JW )
γεννηθη ανωθεν
is generated from above
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - John 3:7 - The typical English translation is: “ …You must be born again “
John 3:7 ( 1550 Stephanus Greek NT ) – ( 1611 KJV )
δει υμας γεννηθηναι ανωθεν
You must receive birth from aboveJohn 3:7 ( 1898 Novum Testamentum Graece ) – ( NIV & NASB )
δει υμας γεννηθηναι ανωθεν
It behoves you to be born from aboveJohn 3:7 ( 1894 Scrivener New Testament ) - ( NKJV )
δει υμας γεννηθηναι ανωθεν
You must receive birth from aboveJohn 3:7 ( 1881 Wescott and Hort Greek NT ) – ( NWT - JW )
δει υμας γεννηθηναι ανωθεν
It is necessary for you to be generated from aboveThe only thing that Jesus ever said a person MUST do, is to be BORN FROM ABOVE. He never said that a person MUST go to church, or that a person MUST be baptized, or that a person MUST pray, or MUST DO a lot of other of worthwhile things. Of course, these things are important, and are stated in other ways in scripture, but the FIRST AND MOST IMPORTANT THING THAT Jesus says we MUST do is to be BORN FROM ABOVE. When you think about it, doesn't it make sense that the birth MUST come before anything else? ( Luke 7:28 also )
Priests and pastors can’t give you the new birth. Only God can make you BORN FROM ABOVE!