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.

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General references

Matthew 7:8

Romans 9:16

Bible References

So

who were born, not of bloods, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.

And He said, "So is the Kingdom of God, as if a man should cast the seed upon the earth;

"For there is no good tree that bears corrupt fruit; nor again a corrupt tree that bears good fruit;

For who of men knows the things of a man, except the spirit of the man that is in him? even so the things of God no one has known, except the Spirit of God.

If ye know that He is righteous, ye know that every one that does righteousness has been begotten of Him.

He that commits sin is of the Devil; because the Devil sins from the beginning. To this end was the Son of God manifested, that He might destroy the works of the Devil.

General references

for every one who asks receives, and he who seeks finds, and to him who knocks it shall be opened.

So, then, it is not of him that wills, nor of him that runs, but of God Who hath mercy.