John 3:6

Modern

Flesh is born of flesh, but spirit is born of the Spirit.

Traditional

That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.

Literal

That having been born of the flesh is flesh, and that having been born of the Spirit is spirit.

Latin

Quod natum est ex carne, caro est: et quod natum est ex spiritu, spiritus est.

Greek

English

Flesh is born of flesh, but spirit is born of the Spirit.

Theme notes and profiles

Galatians 5:16–21
So I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh.
Ezekiel 36:26–27
I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit within you; I will remove your heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh.
Romans 8:4–9
…so that the righteous standard of the law might be fulfilled in us, who do not walk according to the flesh but according to the Spirit.
2 Corinthians 5:17
Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away. Behold, the new has come!
1 Corinthians 15:47–50
The first man was of the dust of the earth, the second man from heaven.
Romans 7:18
I know that nothing good lives in me, that is, in my flesh; for I have the desire to do what is good, but I cannot carry it out.
1 Corinthians 6:17
But he who unites himself with the Lord is one with Him in spirit.
1 John 3:9
Anyone born of God refuses to practice sin, because God’s seed abides in him; he cannot go on sinning, because he has been born of God.
Genesis 6:12
And God looked upon the earth and saw that it was corrupt; for all living creatures on the earth had corrupted their ways.
Romans 8:13
For if you live according to the flesh, you will die; but if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live.
Job 14:4
Who can bring out clean from unclean? No one!
Psalm 51:10
Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me.