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John 3

John 3:12 KJV (With Strong’s)

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If
ho (Greek #3588)
the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
KJV usage: the, this, that, one, he, she, it, etc.
Pronounce: ho
Origin: ἡ (hay), and the neuter τό (to) in all their inflections
ei (Greek #1487)
if, whether, that, etc.
KJV usage: forasmuch as, if, that, (al-)though, whether. Often used in connection or composition with other particles, especially as in 1489, 1490, 1499, 1508, 1509, 1512, 1513, 1536, 1537. See also 1437.
Pronounce: i
Origin: a primary particle of conditionality
I have told
epo (Greek #2036)
to speak or say (by word or writing)
KJV usage: answer, bid, bring word, call, command, grant, say (on), speak, tell. Compare 3004.
Pronounce: ep'-o
Origin: a primary verb (used only in the definite past tense, the others being borrowed from 2046, 4483, and 5346)
you
humin (Greek #5213)
to (with or by) you
KJV usage: ye, you, your(-selves).
Pronounce: hoo-min'
Origin: irregular dative case of 5210
earthly things
epigeios (Greek #1919)
worldly (physically or morally)
KJV usage: earthly, in earth, terrestrial.
Pronounce: ep-ig'-i-os
Origin: from 1909 and 1093
, and
kai (Greek #2532)
and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
KJV usage: and, also, both, but, even, for, if, or, so, that, then, therefore, when, yet.
Pronounce: kahee
Origin: apparently, a primary particle, having a copulative and sometimes also a cumulative force
ye believe
pisteuo (Greek #4100)
to have faith (in, upon, or with respect to, a person or thing), i.e. credit; by implication, to entrust (especially one's spiritual well-being to Christ)
KJV usage: believe(-r), commit (to trust), put in trust with.
Pronounce: pist-yoo'-o
Origin: from 4102
not
ou (Greek #3756)
the absolute negative (compare 3361) adverb; no or not
KJV usage: + long, nay, neither, never, no (X man), none, (can-)not, + nothing, + special, un(-worthy), when, + without, + yet but. See also 3364, 3372.
Pronounce: oo
Origin: οὐκ (ook), and (before an aspirate) οὐχ (ookh) a primary word
, how
pos (Greek #4459)
an interrogative particle of manner; in what way? (sometimes the question is indirect, how?); also as exclamation, how much!
KJV usage: how, after (by) what manner (means), that. (Occasionally unexpressed in English).
Pronounce: poce
Origin: adverb from the base of 4226
shall ye believe
pisteuo (Greek #4100)
to have faith (in, upon, or with respect to, a person or thing), i.e. credit; by implication, to entrust (especially one's spiritual well-being to Christ)
KJV usage: believe(-r), commit (to trust), put in trust with.
Pronounce: pist-yoo'-o
Origin: from 4102
, if
ean (Greek #1437)
a conditional particle; in case that, provided, etc.; often used in connection with other particles to denote indefiniteness or uncertainty
KJV usage: before, but, except, (and) if, (if) so, (what-, whither-)soever, though, when (-soever), whether (or), to whom, (who-)so(-ever). See 3361.
Pronounce: eh-an'
Origin: from 1487 and 302
I tell
epo (Greek #2036)
to speak or say (by word or writing)
KJV usage: answer, bid, bring word, call, command, grant, say (on), speak, tell. Compare 3004.
Pronounce: ep'-o
Origin: a primary verb (used only in the definite past tense, the others being borrowed from 2046, 4483, and 5346)
you
humin (Greek #5213)
to (with or by) you
KJV usage: ye, you, your(-selves).
Pronounce: hoo-min'
Origin: irregular dative case of 5210
of heavenly things
epouranios (Greek #2032)
above the sky
KJV usage: celestial, (in) heaven(-ly), high.
Pronounce: ep-oo-ran'-ee-os
Origin: from 1909 and 3772
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Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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earthly.
John 3:3,5,8• 3Jesus answered and said to him, Verily, verily, I say to thee, Except one be born anew, he cannot see the kingdom of God.
 5Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say to thee, Except one be born of water and Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.
 8The wind bloweth where it will, and thou hearest its voice, but knowest not whence it cometh, and where it goeth: so is every one that is born of the Spirit. (John 3:3,5,8)
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1 Cor. 3:1‑2• 1And I, brethren, was not able to speak to you as spiritual, but as fleshy, as babes in Christ.
 2With milk I gave you drink, not meat; for ye were not yet able, nor indeed are ye now able, (1 Cor. 3:1‑2)
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Heb. 5:11• 11Of whom we have much to say and hard to be interpreted in speaking, since ye have become dull of hearing. (Heb. 5:11)
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1 Peter 2:1‑3• 1Putting away therefore all malice and all guile and hypocrisies and envyings and all evil-speakings,
 2as new-born babes long for the guileless intelligent milk that by it ye may grow unto salvation,
 3if indeed ye tasted that the Lord is good. (1 Peter 2:1‑3)
heavenly.
John 3:13‑17,31‑36• 13And no one hath gone up to heaven but he that came down from heaven, the Son of man that is in heaven.
 14And even as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so must the Son of man be lifted up;
 15that every one that believeth on him should [not perish, but] have life eternal.
 16For God so loved the world that he gave his only-begotten Son, that every one that believeth on him should not perish but have life eternal.
 17For God sent not his Son into the world that he should judge the world, but that the world might be saved through him.
 31He that cometh from above is above all. He that is of the earth is of the earth, and speaketh [as] of the earth; he that cometh of the heaven is above all,
 32and what he hath seen and heard, this he testifieth; and no one receiveth his testimony.
 33He that hath received his testimony hath set to his seal that God is true;
 34for he whom God sent speaketh the words of God; for God giveth not the Spirit by measure.
 35The Father loveth the Son and hath put all things in his hand.
 36He that believeth on the Son hath life eternal, and he that believeth not on the Son shall not see life, but the wrath of God abideth on him. (John 3:13‑17,31‑36)
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John 1:1‑14• 1In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
 2The same was in the beginning with God.
 3All things were made by him, and without him not one thing was made which hath been made.
 4In him was life: and the life was the light of men.
 5And the light shineth in darkness, and the darkness comprehended it not.
 6There was a man sent from God—his name John.
 7The same came for witness that he might witness about the light , that all might believe through him.
 8He was not the light, but that he might witness about the light.
 9The true light was that which, coming into the world ., lighteth every man
 10He was in the world, and the world was made through him, and the world knew him not.
 11He came unto his own, and his own received him not;
 12but as many as received him, to them he gave authority to become children of God , to those that believe on his name;
 13who were born not of blood, nor of flesh’s will, nor of man’s will, but of God.
 14And the Word became flesh and tabernacled among us (and we beheld his glory, glory as of an only-begotten from beside a father), full of grace and truth. (John 1:1‑14)
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1 Cor. 2:7‑9• 7But we speak God's wisdom in a mystery, the hidden [wisdom] which God pre-determined before the ages for our glory;
 8which none of the rulers of the age knew (for, had they known, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory),
 9but, according as it is written, Things which eye saw not and ear heard not, and into man's heart entered not, all which God prepared for those that love him, (1 Cor. 2:7‑9)
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1 Tim. 3:16• 16And confessedly great is the mystery of piety: he who was manifested in flesh, was justified in Spirit, appeared unto angels, was preached among Gentiles, was believed on in [the] world, was received up in glory. (1 Tim. 3:16)
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1 John 4:10• 10Herein is love, not that we loved God but that he loved us, and sent his Son [as] propitiation for our sins. (1 John 4:10)
• Man did not receive His testimony. Convinced outwardly by miracles he might be; but to receive that which was befitting the presence of God was another thing. And if Nicodemus could not receive the truth in its connection with the earthly part of the kingdom, of which even the prophets had spoken, what would he and the other Jews do if Jesus spoke of heavenly things? (“John 3” by J.N. Darby)
• Of course, it is indispensable for heaven; but the Lord goes farther, and insists on it as essential even for the lower province of God’s kingdom. Even the Jew must be born again, and for millennial blessings, too, as well as for eternity. (“Endnotes from John 3” by W. Kelly)
• Jesus the Son could have opened the heavenly things, but the condition of such as Nicodemus did not admit of it for the present. The Spirit revealed all these and other depths of God amply after the shed blood vindicated God and purged their consciences. (“Endnotes from John 3” by W. Kelly)

J. N. Darby Translation

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If I have said the earthly things to you, and ye believe not, how, if I say the heavenly things to you, will ye believe?

W. Kelly Translation

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If I told you the earthly things and ye believe not, how shall ye believe if I tell you the heavenly things?