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But all who have received Him, to them--that is, to those who trust in His name--He has given the privilege of becoming children of God;

who were begotten as such not by human descent, nor through an impulse of their own nature, nor through the will of a human father, but from God.

No human eye has ever seen God: the only Son, who is in the Father's bosom--He has made Him known.

The next day John saw Jesus coming towards him and exclaimed, "Look, that is the Lamb of God who is to take away the sin of the world!

"This I have seen, and I have become a witness that He is the Son of God."

when he saw Jesus passing by, and said, "Look! that is the Lamb of God!"

"Rabbi," cried Nathanael, "you are the Son of God, you are Israel's King!"

He came to Jesus by night and said, "Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher from God; for no one can do these miracles which you are doing, unless God is with him.

"In most solemn truth I tell you," answered Jesus, "that unless a man is born anew he cannot see the Kingdom of God."

"In most solemn truth I tell you," replied Jesus, "that unless a man is born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the Kingdom of God.

For so greatly did God love the world that He gave His only Son, that every one who trusts in Him may not perish but may have the Life of Ages.

For God did not send His Son into the world to judge the world, but that the world might be saved through Him.

But he who does what is honest and right comes to the light, in order that his actions may be plainly shown to have been done in God.

Any man who has received His testimony has solemnly declared that God is true.

For He whom God has sent speaks God's words; for God does not give the Spirit with limitations."

God is Spirit; and those who worship Him must bring Him true spiritual worship."

On this account then the Jews were all the more eager to put Him to death--because He not only broke the Sabbath, but also spoke of God as being in a special sense His Father, thus putting Himself on a level with God.

"In most solemn truth I tell you that a time is coming--nay, has already come--when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God, and those who hear it will live.

but I know you well, and I know that in your hearts you do not really love God.

How is it possible for you to believe, while you receive glory from one another and have no desire for the glory that comes from the only God?