The Scofield Bible Commentary, by Cyrus Ingerson Scofield, [1917], at sacred-texts.com
John Chapter 3
born again
Regeneration:
(1) The necessity of the new birth grows out of the incapacity of the natural man to "see" or "enter into" the kingdom of God. However gifted, moral, or refined, the natural man is absolutely blind to spiritual truth, and impotent to enter the kingdom; for he can neither obey, understand, nor please God (Joh 3:3); (Joh 3:5); (Joh 3:6); (Psa 51:5); (Jer 17:9); (Mar 7:21-23); (Co1 2:14); (Rom 8:7); (Rom 8:8); (Eph 2:3).
(See Scofield) - (Mat 6:33).
(2) The new birth is not a reformation of the old nature
(See Scofield) - (Rom 6:6)
but a creative act of the holy Spirit (Joh 3:5); (Joh 1:12); (Joh 1:13); (Co2 5:17); (Eph 2:10); (Eph 4:24).
(3) The condition of the new birth is faith in Christ crucified (Joh 3:14); (Joh 3:15); (Joh 1:12); (Joh 1:13); (Gal 3:24).
(4) Through the new birth the believer becomes a partaker of the divine nature and of the life of Christ Himself (Gal 2:20); (Eph 2:10); (Eph 4:24); (Col 1:27); (Pe1 1:23-25); (Pe2 1:4); (Jo1 5:10-12).
a master
Literally, Art thou the teacher of Israel, etc.
Son of man
(See Scofield) - (Mat 8:20).
perish
(Greek, "apollumi") translated "marred," (Mar 2:22); "lost,"; (Mat 10:6); (Mat 15:24); (Mat 18:11); (Luk 15:4); (Luk 15:6); (Luk 15:32). In no New Testament instance does it signify cessation of existence or of consciousness. It is the condition of every non-believer.
world
Greek, "kosmos", means "mankind".
(See Scofield) - (Mat 4:8).
world
Greek, "kosmos", means "mankind".
(See Scofield) - (Mat 4:8).
condemn
Or, judge, and so in (Joh 3:18); (Joh 3:19).
Compare (Joh 15:22-24).
saved
(See Scofield) - (Rom 1:16).
He that
See (Joh 6:40); (Joh 6:47); (Rom 8:1).
world
Greek, "kosmos", means "mankind".
(See Scofield) - (Mat 4:8).