Do not be amazed that I told you that you must be born again.

我说：‘你们必须重生’，你不要以为希奇。

我说‘你们必须重生’，你不要惊讶。

我说‘你们必须重生’，你不要惊讶。

所以我说你们必须重生，你不要惊奇。

你不要因为我对你说‘你们必须重生’而感到希奇。

我说‘你们必须重生’，你不要感到惊奇。

我說：『你們必須重生』，你不要以為希奇。

我說『你們必須重生』，你不要驚訝。

我說『你們必須重生』，你不要驚訝。

所以我說你們必須重生，你不要驚奇。

你不要因為我對你說‘你們必須重生’而感到希奇。

我對你說：「你們必須重生」，你不要希奇。

我說『你們必須重生』，你不要感到驚奇。

我語爾必更生、勿以為奇、

我言必更生、勿以為奇、

我言爾曹必當重生、毋以為奇、

我告爾必須重生、勿以為異；

You should not be surprised at my saying,‘ You must be born again.’

You should not be surprised when I say,‘ You must all be born again.’

Do not marvel that I said to you,‘ You must be born again.’

So don’t be surprised when I say,‘ You must be born again.’

Do not be amazed that I told you that you must be born again.

Do not be amazed that I said to you,‘ You must be born again.’

Do not marvel that I said to you,‘ You must be born again.’

Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye must be born anew.

Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye must be born again.

Do not be amazed that I said to you,‘ You must all be born from above.’

Don’t marvel that I said to you,‘ You must be born anew.’

Jesus replied,“ I assure you: Unless someone is born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.”

You took off your former way of life, the old self that is corrupted by deceitful desires;you are being renewed in the spirit of your minds;you put on the new self, the one created according to God’s likeness in righteousness and purity of the truth.

Nothing profane will ever enter it: no one who does what is vile or false, but only those written in the Lamb’s book of life.

He told them another parable:“ The kingdom of heaven is like yeast that a woman took and mixed into 50 pounds of flour until it spread through all of it.”Jesus told the crowds all these things in parables, and He would not speak anything to them without a parable,so that what was spoken through the prophet might be fulfilled: I will open My mouth in parables; I will declare things kept secret from the foundation of the world.

Do not be amazed at this, because a time is coming when all who are in the graves will hear His voice

By obedience to the truth, having purified yourselves for sincere love of the brothers, love one another earnestly from a pure heart,

Therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, I urge you to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God; this is your spiritual worship.Do not be conformed to this age, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may discern what is the good, pleasing, and perfect will of God.

And what if God, desiring to display His wrath and to make His power known, endured with much patience objects of wrath ready for destruction?And what if He did this to make known the riches of His glory on objects of mercy that He prepared beforehand for glory—on us, the ones He also called, not only from the Jews but also from the Gentiles?As He also says in Hosea: I will call Not My People, My People, and she who is Unloved, Beloved.

What is man, that he should be pure, or one born of woman, that he should be righteous?

Pursue peace with everyone, and holiness— without it no one will see the Lord.

Jesus, knowing in Himself that His disciples were complaining about this, asked them,“ Does this offend you?Then what if you were to observe the Son of Man ascending to where He was before?The Spirit is the One who gives life. The flesh doesn’t help at all. The words that I have spoken to you are spirit and are life.

As obedient children, do not be conformed to the desires of your former ignorance.But as the One who called you is holy, you also are to be holy in all your conduct;for it is written, Be holy, because I am holy.

If I have told you about things that happen on earth and you don’t believe, how will you believe if I tell you about things of heaven?

giving thanks to the Father, who has enabled you to share in the saints’ inheritance in the light.

What then? Are we any better? Not at all! For we have previously charged that both Jews and Gentiles are all under sin,as it is written: There is no one righteous, not even one.There is no one who understands; there is no one who seeks God.All have turned away; all alike have become useless. There is no one who does what is good, not even one.Their throat is an open grave; they deceive with their tongues. Vipers’ venom is under their lips.Their mouth is full of cursing and bitterness.Their feet are swift to shed blood;ruin and wretchedness are in their paths,and the path of peace they have not known.There is no fear of God before their eyes.Now we know that whatever the law says speaks to those who are subject to the law, so that every mouth may be shut and the whole world may become subject to God’s judgment.