John 3:29-33 (WEL) “He who has the bride is the bridegroom, but the bridegroom’s friend, who stands by and listens, rejoices greatly for the bridegroom’s voice. So, my joy is completely full. 30 “He must increase, but I must decrease. 31 “He who comes from above is over everything. He who is from the…
John 3:8-12 (WEL) “The Spirit [or wind] blows where it wants. You hear its sound but cannot tell where it comes from, and so it is with everyone who is born of the Spirit.” 9 Nicodemus answered and said to him, “How can these things be?” 10 Jesus answered and said to him, “You…
John 3:3-7 (WEL) Jesus answered and said to him, “Very truly, I say to you, ‘Unless one is born again, he cannot see the Kingdom of God.’” 4 Nicodemus says to him, “How is it possible for one to be born when one is old? Can he enter into his mother’s womb a second…
John 3:1-2 (WEL) There was a man of the Pharisees named Nicodemus, a leader of the Jews. 2 The same came to Jesus at night and said to him, “Rabbi, we can know that you have come from God as a teacher because no one can do these miracles that you do unless God…
John 1:43-51 (WEL) The next day, Jesus decided to go into Galilee. He found Philip and said to him, “Follow me.” 44 Philip was from Bethsaida, the city of Andrew and Peter. 45 Philip found Nathanael and said to him, “We have found the one written about by Moses in the law and written…
John 1:35-42 (WEL) Again on the following day, John was standing with two of his disciples. 36 And he looked at Jesus as he walked by and said, “Look! The Lamb of God!” 37 The two disciples heard him speak, and they followed Jesus. 38 Then Jesus turned and saw them following and said,…
John 1:29-34 (WEL) The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him and said, “Look, the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world. 30 “This is the one about whom I said, ‘A man comes after me who ranks ahead of me because he existed before me.’ 31 “I did…
Ephesians 2:11-13 (WELL) Therefore, remember that in the past you Gentiles by birth, who are labeled uncircumcision by those who are called the Circumcision (a circumcision done by man’s hands on the flesh), 12 Were at that time without Christ, alienated from the commonwealth of Israel and without a share in the Covenants of…
Ephesians 2:3-5 (WEL) Among whom we all also lived our lives in the past, in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind, and by nature we were children of wrath even as others. 4 But God is rich in mercy because of his great love in…
Galatians 1:13-17 (WEL) For you have heard of my earlier way of life in Judaism, how violently I persecuted God’s church and tried to destroy it. 14 And outdistanced many of my peers in Judaism as I was much more zealous for the teachings of my ancestors. 15 But when it pleased God, who…