 | 1846 - 404 pages
...for ever happy, or for ever miserable : — Take thought in time ! Remember Jesus Christ hath said, in the third chapter of St. John's Gospel, " Except a man be bom again, he cannot see the kingdom of God." Would you know what this new birth is ? I will explain... | |
 | Education - 1847 - 508 pages
...shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned."f " Verily, verily, I say unto thee, except a man be born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God."} Verily, verily, I say unto you, except 'ye eat the flesh of the son of man and drink his blood, ye... | |
 | 1850 - 716 pages
...is not carnal, but spiritual. "For JESUS answered him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, that except a man be born of water, and the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of GOD." Afterwards explaining the method of this birth, and distinguishing it entirely from the heavenly, He... | |
 | Churches of Christ - 1847 - 592 pages
...believeth and is baptized shall be saved ; he that believeth not shall be damned. John iii. 5 : Except a man be born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of heaven. Acts xxii. 16 : And now, why tamest thou ? Arise and be baptized, and wash away thy sins. Gal.... | |
 | Edward Copleston (bp. of Llandaff.) - 1848 - 748 pages
...which I have taken upon this subject:—"Although our blessed Saviour saith to Nicodemus, That except a man be born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God, yet He doth not say, That every one that is so born shall inherit eternal life. It is true, all that... | |
 | John England - 1849 - 534 pages
...born when he was old. Our Lord then reiterates his first declaration with an addition, — ' Except a man be born of water and the spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God.' When men became converted to the Christian religion they were admitted by water baptism as members... | |
 | John Kelly - 1850 - 380 pages
...malady. Accordingly, regeneration is invariably attributed to the agency of the Spirit of God, " Except a man be born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God.'" The sons of God " are born not 1 John iii. a. of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of... | |
 | Horatio Hastings Weld - 1850 - 282 pages
...for him, and answered, " How can a man be born again?" Our Saviour repeated, "Verily, verily, except a man be born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God." Water was in frequent use among the Jews, as a symbol of purification ; and baptism in some of its... | |
 | Churches of Christ - 1851 - 588 pages
...you must add, the saying of Jesus to Nicodemus. They have read thus in the new translation : " Unless a man be born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God." " He cleansed the church with a bath of water and the word." " According to his mercy he saved us —... | |
 | Francis Patrick Kenrick - Baptism - 1852 - 252 pages
...perfected in baptism, though you have heard the words of the Lord : ' Amen, amen, I say to you, unless a man be born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God.' "* I forbear for the present other quotations, and content myself with observing, in the words of Wall,... | |
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Except a man be born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God... 
