"Being Born Again According to His Word"
John 3:1-8 "There was a man of the Pharisees, named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews: The same came to Jesus by night, and said unto him, Rabbi, we know that thou art a teacher come from God: for no man can do these miracles that thou doest, except God be with him.
Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.
Nicodemus saith unto him, How can a man be born when he is old? can he enter the second time into his mother's womb, and be born?
Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God. That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit. Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye must be born again. The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the sound thereof, but canst not tell whence it cometh, and whither it goeth: so is every one that is born of the Spirit."
Greek & Webster's Definitions
except: (Greek) if not, unless: (Webster's) if it be not that.
man: (Greek) some or any person (a male or female of any age, ethnic background, or country) or object;
be: (Greek) I exist: (Webster's) To exist; to be fixed; to have a real state or existence, for a longer or shorter time; To have a particular manner of being or happening.
born: (Greek) to procreate; figuratively to regenerate; to bear, to beget , to be born, bring forth, conceive, be delivered of, make; Mainly used of men begetting children; Used allegorically ; of conception of the act of God in the birth of Jesus. Metaphorically, of God's divine nature imparted in the believer; of a Gospel preacher used as a means in the impartation of spiritual life; to beget again, to beget from above:
(procreate meaning to beget; to generate and produce; to engender; The act of begetting; generation and production of young; Generative; having power to beget; The one who begets);
(regenerate means to generate or produce anew; to reproduce; To reform; to change radically for the better; In theology, to cause to be born again; to cause (one hitherto born only of the flesh) to be born of the Holy Spirit of Promise; so to change the heart and affections of, that one at enmity with God shall love Him; To be born anew in a person's heart; changed from a natural state to a spiritual state; having the eyes of one's understanding opened up to hear and receive of, and from the Holy Spirit or Promise, the Comforter, the essence and the fullness of the divine nature, Almighty God's and His Son, Jesus Christ, and the heavenly host nature);
(beget means to procreate, as a father or sire; to generate; To produce, as an effect; to cause to exist; One who begets or procreates, as a father);
(Allegorically meaning in the manner of allegory; in a figurative manner; describing by resemblances: [allegory meaning a figurative sentence or discourse, in which the principal subject is described by another subject resembling it in its properties and circumstances. The principal subject is thus kept out of the writer or speaker by the resemblance of the secondary to the primary subject]);
(metaphorically meaning in a metaphoric manner: [metaphoric means of or relating to metaphor; comprising a metaphor; not literal: {metaphor means to transferring to one word the sense of another; A figure of speech founded on the resemblance which one object is supposed to bear in some respect, to another, and by which it properly belongs to another, in such manner that a comparison is implied through not formally expressed; a simile without any word expressing comparison; a short simile. Thus "that man is a fox," is a metaphor; but "that man is like a fox," is a simile or comparison.}]);
(imparted means to share with another, to part, divide; To bestow upon another a share or portion of (anything); to give, grant, or communicate; to make known; as to impart a message; to impart honor or favor; To give; to confer upon);
(Impartation means the act of imparting; the property or object imparted);
(Webster's) Of an innate character; having by or from birth; Born again, regenerated:
(innate meaning to be born in, to originate in; to be born; Inborn; native; natural; as, and innate affection; an innate desire; In metaphysics, derived from the constitution of the mind, as contrasted with what is derived from experience; intuitive; as, innate ideas, ideas which are held to be in-born and belong to the mind from birth, as the idea of God or of immorality; To bring or call into existence; to inform: [metaphysics meaning the science of first or ultimate principles, the laws, causes, and elements that form the basis and explanation of all phenomena; philosophy in general; the philosophy of the mind; the science of mental phenomena; the science of God, immorality, and freedom; Transformation; alteration of nature or form: [transformation means the act or operation of changing the form or external appearance; the state of a being transformed; a change in form, appearance, nature, disposition, condition, or the like; to transform:
{transform meaning to change the form of; to change the shape or appearance of; to metamorphose; as, a caterpillar transformed into a butterfly; To change the nature, character, disposition, or heart of.}]);
(character meaning the peculiar qualities impressed by nature or habit on a person, which distinguish him or her from others; A person; By way of eminence, distinguished or good qualities, those which are esteemed and respected; as, he or she is a person of character; Distinctive qualities of any kind strongly marked, particularly energy or force; as, a man is said to have no character, or a great deal of character; A testimonial as to competency or behavior, usually given to a subordinate; In heredity, the predominating characteristics which are transmitted by either parent to the offspring with little or no variation, and which form the prevailing characteristics; To engrave; to inscribe; To distinguish by particular marks or traits: [characteristics means that which constitutes a person’s character; that which characterizes; that which distinguishes a person or thing from another.]).
again: (Greek) An act or action being done from above, from the first, from the beginning (very first); again, anew, as before;
(Webster's) Back; referring to movement toward a former position, place, or person; A second time; once again..
cannot: (Greek) to be able or possible; be without or is not possible; be without ability or power.
see: (Greek) to see (literally or figuratively); by implication, to know; be aware, have knowledge, perceive, be sure, understand;
(Webster's) To perceive mentally; to form a conception or idea of; to observe; to distinguish; to comprehend; to understand; To witness; to experience; to become acquainted with; To perceive mentally; to have intellectual sight or apprehension; to discern; to understanding.
Kingdom of God: (Greek) Royal dominion, kingdom, monarch, applies to God and Christ. The kingdom of heaven or of the heavens, the kingdom of God; spiritually the kingdom of God is within the human heart (Luke 17:21). Both expressions also refer to prophecies of Daniel 2:44 and Daniel 7:13, 14, and denote the everlasting kingdom which God would set up and give Christ, or the spiritual and eternal kingdom which was to subsist first in more imperfect circumstances on earth, but afterwards to appear complete in the world of glory. In some verses the kingdom of heaven more particularly signifies God's rule within believers while on this earth. At other times it indicates only the state of glory;
(Webster's) (a) all creation; (b) the entire spiritual realm of which God is the Supreme Ruler; (c) the kinghood of God.
water: (Greek) Literally or figuratively, water (as if raining); to rain, especially a shower: (rain meaning to pour or shower down from above, like rain from the clouds; as, to rain favor's on a friend).
(Webster's) Water from the clouds; rain; as, the daily fall of water. (note: Water is the physical manifestation of the natural substance that comes from above that sustains all physical life on earth. Therefore rain is God's physical illustration as to how the Holy Spirit comes from above that gives all life and mankind physical life, but in this verse of Scripture eternal life eternal.)
Spirit: (Greek) The Holy Spirit of God; Holy Ghost: (Greek) Holy meaning (an awful thing); sacred (physical pure, morally blameless, and ceremonially consecrated)’ most holy one, most holy thing; saint:
(awful meaning inspiring with awe; filling with profound reverence; impressive; as, the awful majesty of Jehovah; Struck with awe; evidencing awe
(awe meaning fear mingled with admiration or reverence; reverential fear; feeling produced by sense of the dreadful and the sublime; To stand in awe of; to reverence deeply; to have great fear, dread, or respect for; having reverence which is having high respect slightly mingled with fear; also having veneration for which is the highest reverence men can pay to God as human beings by and through the Holy Ghost);
(Webster’s) Hallowed; consecrated or set apart to a sacred use; having a sacred character or association; Free from sin; pure in heart; immaculate in morale character; perfect in moral sense; exhibiting holiness; righteousness; righteous.
Holy Ghost (Greek) Ghost denoting origin (the point whence motion or action proceeds), from, out (of place, time, or cause; literally or figuratively; direct or remote); by the means of, exceedingly abundantly above; heartily, heavenly, very high; by reason of; out among; vehemently. To breathe hard; To breathe (voluntarily but gently; a forcible respiration; an inanimate breeze); to expire; to give up the ghost);
Holy Ghost (Webster's) also is known as the Holy Spirit in Scripture; the divine Spirit; the third person in the Trinity; the Comforter of souls; Christ’s Spirit, the Holy Spirit; life; a rational being (including its expression and functions); The Holy Ghost also known as the Holy Spirit, is God’s love in action, is God’s power in action, is God’s hand in action, , God’s works in action, as the Scripture says “it is not by power, nor by power, but by MY Spirit (the Holy Spirit) saith the Lord God of Israel! When Gods speaks according to His word the “Word of God”, the Holy Spirit moves, by and through the Blood and in the mighty name of Jesus, the King of Kings and the Lord of Lords.
cannot: (Greek) to be able or possible; be possible; be of power.
enter into: (Greek) to enter (literally or figuratively); arise, come (in, into), enter into, go in through; to go into (indicating the point reached or entered), of place, time, or (figuratively) purpose ( the result); also in advanced phases; Often used in composition with the same general import, but only with verbs expressing motion; (Webster’s) To come or go into any manner whatever; to pass into the inside or interior of; to penetrate; to go inside by way of; To advance into, in progress.
Kingdom of God: (Greek) Royal dominion, kingdom, monarch, applies to God and Christ. The kingdom of heaven or of the heavens, the kingdom of God; Spiritually the kingdom of God is within the human heart (Luke 17:21). Both expressions also refer to prophecies of Daniel 2:44 and Daniel 7:13, 14, and denote the everlasting kingdom which God would set up and give Christ, or the spiritual and eternal kingdom which was to subsist first in more imperfect circumstances on earth, but afterwards to appear complete in the world of glory. In some verses the kingdom of heaven more particularly signifies God's rule within believers while on this earth. At other times it indicates only the state of glory;
(Webster's) (a) all creation; (b) the entire spiritual realm of which God is the Supreme Ruler; (c) the kinghood of God.
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Genesis 1:26-28 "And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.
So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.
And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth."
make: (Hebrew) to do or make; create; to construct; to build, to accomplish, to fashion, to finish, to furnish, to use:
(do meaning to perform; to execute; to carry into effect; to exert labor or power upon to bring anything to the state desired or to completion; to bring to pass; To finish; to execute or transact and bring to a conclusion.);
(make meaning in the account of creation; make used in this verse of Scripture conveys God's creative activity out of nothing); To form of materials; to fashion; to mold into shape; to cause to exist in a different form, or as a distinct thing; To put in to a suitable or regular form for use; Structure; texture; constitution of parts in a body);
(create means to produce; to bring into being from nothing; to cause to exist; To make or form, by investing with a new character; To make or produce, by new combinations of matter already existing, and by investing these combinations with new forms, constitutions, and qualities; to shape and organize.)
man: (Hebrew) a human being (an individual or the species, mankind); a person.
image: (Hebrew) to shade; (figuratively) resemblance, likeness; hence a representative figure;
(note: God made man in such a way as to reflect some of His own perfections, perfect knowledge, righteousness, and holiness, with dominion over the creatures. Perhaps even the loving unity within the Godhead is reflected in mankind.):
(shade meaning in this verse of Scripture, the soul, after its separation from the body; so called because the ancients supposed it to be perceptible to the sight, not to the touch; a spirit; a ghost);
(resemblance meaning the likeness of; similitude, either of external form or of qualities; Something similar; representation; A comparison, a simile, a metaphor);
(likeness to have a resemblance to; similitude; similarity; That which resembles something else; a copy; a portrait; a representation);
(representative meaning exhibiting a similitude; typifying; presenting similar marked characteristics; Bearing the character or power of another; acting for another or others; An agent, deputy, or substitute, who supplies the place of another or others, being invested with his or their authority.);
(figure meaning the form of anything, as expressed by the outline or terminating extremities; outline; Shape; form; person; appearance; Distinguished appearance; eminence; distinction; remarkable character; standing; importance; Magnificence; splendor);
(Webster's) A representation or similitude of any person or thing, made of material substance, however formed; Any copy, representation, or likeness, as, the child is the image of its father:
(representation means that which exhibits by resemblance; image, likeness, picture, or statue.);
(similitude means in the likeness of; resemblance; likeness in nature, qualities, or appearance.).
after: (Hebrew) the hind part; follow (after, ing); from; posterity; remnant; with:
(Webster’s) In imitation of, as, to make a thing after a model; According to, as, to consider a thing after its intrinsic value; According to the direction and influence of; In honor of; for the sake of:
likeness: (Hebrew) to compare; to resemble, liken, consider; resemblance; concretely a model, shape; to be like; fashion, like (ness, as), manner, similitude:
(Webster’s) A resemblance; similitude; similarity; That which resembles something else; a copy; a portrait; a representation.
created: (Hebrew) In the Old Testament in verse Genesis 1:27,"bara" is the Hebrew word which means to create, to form, to make, to produce, to cut, to cut down, to engrave; This word used in Genesis 1:27 emphasizes the initiation of the object, not manipulating it after its original creation. The word "bara" refers only to an activity which can be performed by God. An entirely new productions are associated with the Hebrew word "bara". The Hebrew word "Bara" also possesses the meaning of "bringing into existence. There is every reason to believe that the
Hebrew word "bara" was creation ex nihilo (out of nothing).:
(Webster's) To produce; to bring into being from nothing; to cause to exist; To make or form, by investing with a new character; To produce; to cause; To make or produce by new combinations of matter already existing, and by investing these combinations with new forms, constitutions, and qualities; to shape and organize; to establish a standard for; to beget, to generate, to bring forth.
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Genesis 2:7 "And the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul."
living: (Hebrew) a live; hence raw (flesh); fresh (plant, water, year), strong; life (or living thing), whether literally or figuratively to be alive; (Webster's) The state of existing; the power of continuing life; Having life; being alive; opposed to dead.
soul: (Hebrew) a breathing creature; the senses (bodily or mental); a body, the mind, the person, the will;
(Webster's) The spiritual, rational, and immortal part in man which distinguishes him from brutes; the immaterial part of man; the immortal spirit which inhabits the body; that part of man which enables him to think and reason, and which renders him subject of moral government; The moral and emotional part of man's nature; the seat of the sentiments or feelings, in distinction from intellect; The understanding; the intellectual principle; The animating or essential part; the vital principle; the source of action; the essence; the chief part; Internal power or principle; A human being; a person.
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Luke 3:21, 22 “Now when all the people were baptized, it came to pass, that Jesus also being baptized, and praying, the heaven was opened, and the Holy Ghost descended in a bodily shape like a dove upon him, and a voice came from heaven, which said, Thou art my beloved Son; in thee I am well pleased."
Holy Ghost: The Holy Spirit of God; Holy Ghost: (Greek) Holy meaning (an awful thing); sacred
(physical pure, morally blameless, and ceremonially consecrated)’ most holy one, most holy thing; saint:
(awful meaning inspiring with awe; filling with profound reverence; impressive; as, the awful majesty of Jehovah; Struck with awe; evidencing awe:
(awe meaning fear mingled with admiration or reverence; reverential fear; feeling produced by sense of the dreadful and the sublime; To stand in awe of; to reverence deeply; to have great fear, dread, or respect for; having reverence which is having high respect slightly mingled with fear; also having veneration for which is the highest reverence men can pay to God as human beings by and through the Holy Ghost); );
(Webster’s) Hallowed; consecrated or set apart to a sacred use; having a sacred character or association; Free from sin; pure in heart; immaculate in morale character; perfect in moral sense; exhibiting holiness; righteousness; righteous.
Holy Ghost (Greek) Ghost denoting origin (the point whence motion or action proceeds), from,
out (of place, time, or cause; literally or figuratively; direct or remote); by the means of, exceedingly abundantly above; heartily, heavenly, very high; by reason of; out among; vehemently. To breathe hard; To breathe (voluntarily but gently; a forcible respiration; an inanimate breeze); to expire; to give up the ghost);
Holy Ghost (Webster's) also is known as the Holy Spirit in Scripture; the divine Spirit; the third person in the Trinity; the Comforter of souls; Christ’s Spirit, the Holy Spirit; life; a rational being
(including its expression and functions); The Holy Ghost also known as the Holy Spirit, is God’s love in action, is God’s power in action, is God’s hand in action, , God’s works in action, as the Scripture says “it is not by power, nor by power, but by MY Spirit (the Holy Spirit) saith the Lord God of Israel! When Gods speaks according to His word the “Word of God”, the Holy Spirit moves, by and through the Blood and in the mighty name of Jesus, the King of Kings and the Lord of Lords.
descended: (Greek) to descend (literally or figuratively); come down.;
(Webster's) To move or pass from a higher to a lower place; to move, come or go downward; to fall; to sink; to run or flow down; applicable to any kind of motion or of body; To go down, with the view of entering or engaging in; To come suddenly; to fall violently; Figuratively, to go in; to enter; to enter; To come or go down in a hostile manner; to invade, as an enemy; to fall upon; To proceed from a sources or original; to be derived; To proceed, as from father to son; to pass from a proceeding possessor in the order of linage, or according to laws of succession or inheritance.
in a: (Webster's) Into some place or state (implying motion).
bodily: (Greek) the body (as a sound whole); corporeal or physical; bodily:
(body meaning the frame or physical part of man or other animal);
(corporeal means having a body; consisting of material substance; material; opposed to spiritual or immaterial, as, our corporeal frame; Of a physical nature; pertaining to the body; bodily; opposed to mental, as, our corporeal powers.);
(physical means pertaining to nature or natural processes or production; pertaining to material things, as opposed to moral or imaginary.);
(Webster's) Having or containing a body or material form; corporeal; as, bodily dimensions; corporeally; united with a body or matter; in bodily form; in respect to entire body or mass; entirely; completely.
shape: (Greek) a view, form (literally or figuratively); appearance, fashion, shape, sight.
(Webster’s) Form or figure as constituted by lines and angles; outward contour; guise; as, the shape of the human body; That which has form or figure; an appearance; a being.
dove: (Greek) a pigeon; a dove;
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1 Peter 1:22 - 25 “Seeing ye have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit unto unfeigned love of the brethren, see that ye love one another with a pure heart fervently: Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which liveth and abideth forever.
For all flesh is as grass, and all the glory of man as the flower of grass. The grass withereth, and the flower thereof falleth away: But the word of the Lord endureth forever.
And this is the word which by the gospel is preached unto you."
Spirit: (Greek) The Holy Ghost: The Holy Spirit of God; Holy Ghost: (Greek) Holy meaning (an awful thing); sacred (physical pure, morally blameless, and ceremonially consecrated)’ most holy one, most holy thing; saint:
(awful meaning inspiring with awe; filling with profound reverence; impressive; as, the awful majesty of Jehovah; Struck with awe; evidencing awe (awe meaning fear mingled with admiration or reverence; reverential fear; feeling produced by sense of the dreadful and the sublime; To stand in awe of; to reverence deeply; to have great fear, dread, or respect for; having reverence which is having high respect slightly mingled with fear; also having veneration for which is the highest reverence men can pay to God as human beings by and through the Holy Ghost); );
(English) Hallowed; consecrated or set apart to a sacred use; having a sacred character or association; Free from sin; pure in heart; immaculate in morale character; perfect in moral sense; exhibiting holiness; righteousness; righteous. Holy Ghost (Greek) Ghost denoting origin (the point whence motion or action proceeds), from, out (of place, time, or cause; literally or figuratively; direct or remote); by the means of, exceedingly abundantly above; heartily, heavenly, very high; by reason of; out among; vehemently. To breathe hard; To breathe (voluntarily but gently; a forcible respiration; an inanimate breeze); to expire; to give up the ghost);
Holy Ghost (Webster's) also is known as the Holy Spirit in Scripture; the divine Spirit; the third person in the Trinity; the Comforter of souls; Christ’s Spirit, the Holy Spirit; life; a rational being (including its expression and functions); The Holy Ghost also known as the Holy Spirit, is God’s love in action, is God’s power in action, is God’s hand in action, , God’s works in action, as the Scripture says “it is not by power, nor by power, but by MY Spirit (the Holy Spirit) saith the Lord God of Israel! When Gods speaks according to His word the “Word of God”, the Holy Spirit moves, by and through the Blood and in the mighty name of Jesus, the King of Kings and the Lord of Lords.
born again: (Greek) to be born; to be born once again; to beget again, to regenerate; To be begotten again, to be regenerated; A new birth, restoration, becoming something new; (spiritual) rebirth (through the state or the act of Almighty God, the Divine and Most Holy Supreme Being, the Creator), (figuratively) spiritual renovation; Specifically Messianic restoration; regeneration; To come to oneself, to have recovered ones senses or understanding;
(born meaning to procreate; figuratively to regenerate; to bear, to beget , to be born, bring forth, conceive, be delivered of, make; Mainly used of men begetting children; Used allegorically ; of conception of the act of God in the birth of Jesus. Metaphorically, of God's divine nature imparted in the believer; of a Gospel preacher used as a means in the impartation of spiritual life; to beget again, to beget from above:
(procreate meaning to beget; to generate and produce; to engender; The act of begetting; generation and production of young; Generative; having power to beget; The one who begets);
(regenerate means to generate or produce anew; to reproduce; To reform; to change radically for the better; In theology, to cause to be born again; to cause (one hitherto born only of the
flesh) to be born of the Holy Spirit of Promise; so to change the heart and affections of, that one at enmity with God shall love Him; To be born anew in a person's heart; changed from a natural state to a spiritual state; having the eyes of one's understanding opened up to hear and receive of, and from the Holy Spirit or Promise, the Comforter, the essence and the fullness of the divine nature, Almighty God's and His Son, Jesus Christ, and the heavenly host nature);
(beget means to procreate, as a father or sire; to generate; To produce, as an effect; to cause to exist; One who begets or procreates, as a father);
(allegorically meaning in the manner of allegory; in a figurative manner; describing by resemblances: [allegory meaning a figurative sentence or discourse, in which the principal subject is described by another subject resembling it in its properties and circumstances. The principal subject is thus kept out of the writer or speaker by the resemblance of the secondary to the primary subject]);
(metaphorically meaning in a metaphoric manner: [metaphoric means of or relating to metaphor; comprising a metaphor; not literal: {metaphor means to transferring to one word the sense of another; A figure of speech founded on the resemblance which one object is supposed to bear in some respect, to another, and by which it properly belongs to another, in such manner that a comparison is implied through not formally expressed; a simile without any word expressing comparison; a short simile. Thus "that man is a fox," is a metaphor; but "that man is like a fox," is a simile or comparison.}]);
(imparted means to share with another, to part, divide; To bestow upon another a share or portion of (anything); to give, grant, or communicate; to make known; as to impart a message; to impart honor or favor; To give; to confer upon);
(impartation means the act of imparting; the property or object imparted);
(English) Of an innate character; having by or from birth; Born again, regenerated:
(innate meaning to be born in, to originate in; to be born; Inborn; native; natural; as, and innate affection; an innate desire; In metaphysics, derived from the constitution of the mind, as contrasted with what is derived from experience; intuitive; as, innate ideas, ideas which are held to be in-born and belong to the mind from birth, as the idea of God or of immorality; To bring or call into existence; to inform: [metaphysics meaning the science of first or ultimate principles, the laws, causes, and elements that form the basis and explanation of all phenomena; philosophy in general; the philosophy of the mind; the science of mental phenomena; the science of God, immorality, and freedom; Transformation; alteration of nature or form: [transformation means the act or operation of changing the form or external appearance; the state of a being transformed; a change in form, appearance, nature, disposition, condition, or the like; to transform: {transform meaning to change the form of; to change the shape or appearance of; to metamorphose; as, a caterpillar transformed into a butterfly; To change the nature, character, disposition, or heart of.}]);
(character meaning the peculiar qualities impressed by nature or habit on a person, which distinguish him or her from others; A person; By way of eminence, distinguished or good qualities, those which are esteemed and respected; as, he or she is a person of character; Distinctive qualities of any kind strongly marked, particularly energy or force; as, a man is said to have no character, or a great deal of character; A testimonial as to competency or behavior, usually given to a subordinate; In heredity, the predominating characteristics which are transmitted by either parent to the offspring with little or no variation, and which form the prevailing characteristics; To engrave; to inscribe; To distinguish by particular marks or traits: [characteristics means that which constitutes a person’s character; that which characterizes; that which distinguishes a person or thing from another.]);
(again meaning an act or action being done from above, from the first, from the beginning (very first); again, anew, as before;
(English) Back; referring to movement toward a former position, place, or person; A second time; once again.
corruptible: (Greek) being decayed, (by implication) perishable; (to pine or waste); to shrivel or wither, to spoil (by any process) or (generally) to ruin (especially figuratively by moral influences, to deprave); to corrupt (self), defile, destroy: (Webster) That may be corrupted; that may become putrid; subject to decay and destruction; That may be vitiated in qualities or principles; susceptible of degeneration; Depravity; wickedness; perversion or deterioration of moral principles; loss of purity or integrity:
seed: (Greek) a sowing, (by implication) parentage:
(parentage meaning origin; birth; extraction; derivation or descent; from a parent or from any source considered as in the relation of a parent; The relationship of parent to child; hence, the relation of source or cause to the thing or effect produced);
(English) That from which anything springs; first principle; original; Progeny; offspring; descendants; as, the seed of Abraham; Race; generation; birth; as, mortal seed:
(mortal means subject to death; destined to die, as, man is mortal; Deadly; destructive to life; causing death or certain to cause death; Exposing to certain death; incurring the penalty of death; condemned to be punished with death; not venial; as, a mortal sin).
incorruptible: (Greek) un-decaying (in essence or continuance); not (in-, un-) corruptible, immortal:
(English) That cannot corrupt (being in-corrupt) or decay; not admitting of corruption; as, gold is incorruptible; That cannot be bribed; inflexibly just and upright: (incorrupt means being not corrupt; not marred, impaired, or spoiled; not defiled or depraved; pure; sound; untainted; above the power of bribes).
Word: (Greek) (The Word of God); In this part of Scripture "logos" is the Greek word meaning to speak, intelligence, a word as the expression of that intelligence; "logos" when it refers to discourse, is regarded as the orderly linking and knitting together in connected arrangement of words of the inward thoughts and feelings of the mind. Where God and human beings produce thoughtful expressions; those who will not give room in their hearts to His truth will not understand His speech or utterance, the outward form of His language which His word assumes.
Those who are of God hear God's words; in the first chapter of the Gospel of john, Jesus Christ in His pre-incarnate state is called "ho Logos, the Word", meaning first immaterial intelligence and then the expression of that intelligence in speech that humans could understand.
Additional meaning of: "logos" (1) A word. (2) A saying, discourse, conversation. (3) A report, rumor. (4) A common saying, a proverb. (5) The Word of God, whether of the law or of the Gospel. In this regard it sometimes implies the profession and practice of the Gospel. (6) Speech, eloquence. (7) Ability to speak, utterance. (8) Reason, the faculty of reasoning, reasonably.
liveth: (Greek) To be warm; To have life, be alive, used of natural living; spiritual living; eternal living; spiritual and eternal living; Means not only to live, but causing to live, vivifying, quickening; To "live unto righteousness" means to live in all righteousness and holiness as persons justified by the death and shedding of the Blood of Jesus Christ on the Cross at Calvary.; To live in the Spirit is to live under His (God's) constant guidance and influence.
abideth: (Greek) To remain, dwell; To endure, to last; to persevere, to stand firm or steadfast; to remain alive, to wait for
to remain under, be patient; have patience toward thing and circumstances, longsuffering or patient toward people.
for ever (also forever): (Greek) age, refers to an age or time; Denotes duration or continuance of time, but with great variety. Forever signifies eternity whether past or to come; for ages, of ages; the age, the coming one, meaning the next life; An age or dispensation of providence:
(eternity meaning the condition or quality of being eternal; duration or continuance without beginning or end; The whole of time past; endless past time; endless future time; the state or condition which begins at death.);
(Webster's) Throughout eternity; endless; To the end of time or close of life; at all times; during a period having no limit; unceasingly; Constantly; at all times; Always; through time without end.
Author:
Na To Ah Wa Pii (Holy Speaker)
(Being Born-Again continued on part 2)
