John 3:7

3:7 Do not be amazed that I said to you, ‘You must all ¹  be born from above.’ ² 

John 5:42

5:42 but I know you, that you do not have the love of God ³  within you.

John 8:32

8:32 and you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.” ⁴ 

John 8:36

8:36 So if the son ⁵  sets you free, you will be really free.

John 11:53

11:53 So from that day they planned together to kill him.

John 15:27

15:27 and you also will testify, because you have been with me from the beginning.

[3:7]  ¹ tn “All” has been supplied to indicate the plural pronoun in the Greek text.

[3:7]  ² tn Or “born again.” The same Greek word with the same double meaning occurs in v. 3.

[5:42]  ³ tn The genitive in the phrase τὴν ἀγάπην τοῦ θεοῦ (thn agaphn tou qeou, “the love of God”) could be translated as either a subjective genitive (“God’s love”) or an objective genitive (“love for God”). Either is grammatically possible. This is possibly an instance of a plenary genitive (see ExSyn 119-21; M. Zerwick, Biblical Greek, §§36-39). If so, the emphasis would be on the love God gives which in turn produces love for him, but Jesus’ opponents are lacking any such love inside them.

[8:32]  ⁵ tn Or “the truth will release you.” The translation “set you free” or “release you” (unlike the more traditional “make you free”) conveys more the idea that the hearers were currently in a state of slavery from which they needed to be freed. The following context supports precisely this idea.

[8:36]  ⁷ tn Or “Son.” The question is whether “son” is to be understood as a direct reference to Jesus himself, or as an indirect reference (a continuation of the generic illustration begun in the previous verse).