Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on John 3:6

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6-8. That which is born, c.—A great universal proposition "That which is begotten carries within itself the nature of that which begat it" [OLSHAUSEN]. flesh —Not the mere material body, but all that comes into the world by birth, the entire man; yet not humanity simply, but in its corrupted, depraved condition, in complete subjection to the law of the fall ( Romans 8:1-9 ). So that though a man "could enter a second time into his mother's womb and be born," he would be no nearer this "new birth" than before ( Job 14:4 ; Psalms 51:5 ). is spirit —"partakes of and possesses His spiritual nature." return to ' Top of Page ' <a name="verse-7" class="com-number"

Pericope (part_of)

• part_of pericope/per-jhn-3-001

절 (explains)

bible-text/jhn-3-6

Source

• source-manifest/jfb — Jamieson-Fausset-Brown (PD)
• evidence_grade: T_theological