John 3:5

3:5 Jesus answered, “I tell you the solemn truth, 1  unless a person is born of water and spirit, 2  he cannot enter the kingdom of God.

John 3:34

3:34 For the one whom God has sent 3  speaks the words of God, for he does not give the Spirit sparingly. 4 

1 tn Grk “Truly, truly, I say to you.”

2 tn Or “born of water and wind” (the same Greek word, πνεύματος [pneumatos], may be translated either “spirit/Spirit” or “wind”).

3 tn That is, Christ.

4 tn Grk “for not by measure does he give the Spirit” (an idiom). Leviticus Rabbah 15:2 states: “The Holy Spirit rested on the prophets by measure.” Jesus is contrasted to this. The Spirit rests upon him without measure.