John 3:8

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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.

So

General references

Matthew 7:8

Romans 9:16

Bible References

So

a birth which they had not from circumcision, nor from the constitution of the body, nor the institution of man, but from God.

Again, he said, the state of the gospel is like that of the grain, which a man sows in his land:

Certainly a good tree does not produce bad fruit: nor does a bad tree produce good fruit.

for who knows the thoughts of a man, but the spirit of man which is in him? even so the thoughts of God no one can know, but the spirit of God.

since you know that God is the source of virtue, you know that every one who has virtue, derives it from him.

he that lives in sin, imitates the devil; for the devil was a sinner from the beginning. for this purpose the son of God appeared, that he might destroy the works of the devil.

General references

for every one that asks, does receive: he that seeks, does find: and he that knocks at the door, is admitted.

so that this is a matter not dependent on him that wills or runs, but on God, who shews mercy.