King James Version

John 3:5

Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.

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The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “the” (ὁ) before Jesus here.

ἀπεκρίθηapekrithēansweredἀποκρίνομαι (apokrinomai)verb, aorist passive indicative, 3rd person singular — “answered”, a single actionG611I answer, reply, take up the conversation.answeredἸησοῦςiēsousJesusἸησοῦςnoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “Jesus”, the subject formG2424Jesus; the Greek form of Joshua; Jesus, son of Eliezer; Jesus, surnamed Justus.ἈμὴνamēnVerilyἀμήνparticle — “Verily”G281verily, truly, amen; at the end of sentences may be paraphrased by: So let it be.This verse uses “verily”.Verilyἀμὴνamēnverilyἀμήνparticle — “verily”G281verily, truly, amen; at the end of sentences may be paraphrased by: So let it be.This verse uses “verily”.verilyλέγωlegōI sayλέγωverb, present active indicative, 1st person singular — “I say”, an ongoing or repeated actionG3004(denoting speech in progress), (a) I say, speak; I mean, mention, tell, (b) I call, name, especially in the pass., (c) I tell, command.This verse uses “say”.I sayσοιsoiunto theeσύ (su)personal pronoun, dative, singular — “unto thee”, the to- or for-formG4771you.unto theeἐὰνeanExceptἐάνconjunction — “Except”G1437if.Exceptμήmēnotμήadverb — “not”G3361not, lest.This verse uses “not”.τιςtisa manτιςinterrogative or indefinite pronoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “a man”, the subject formG5100any one, some one, a certain one or thing.a manγεννηθῇgennēthēbe bornγεννάω (gennaō)verb, aorist passive subjunctive, 3rd person singular — “be born”, a single actionG1080I beget (of the male), (of the female) I bring forth, give birth to.be bornἐξexofἐκ (ek)preposition — “of”G1537from out, out from among, from, suggesting from the interior outwards.ofὕδατοςhudatoswaterὕδωρ (hudōr)noun, genitive, singular, neuter — “water”, the of-formG5204water.waterκαὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andπνεύματοςpneumatosof the Spiritπνεῦμα (pneuma)noun, genitive, singular, neuter — “of the Spirit”, the of-formG4151wind, breath, spirit.This verse uses “spirit”.of the Spiritοὐouhe cannotοὐadverb — “he cannot”G3756no, not.he cannotδύναταιdunataibe ableδύναμαι (dunamai)verb, present middle indicative, 3rd person singular — “be able”, an ongoing or repeated actionG1410(a) I am powerful, have (the) power, (b) I am able, I can.εἰσελθεῖνeiseltheinto enterεἰσέρχομαι (eiserchomai)Greek uses a different stem for this verb’s past forms.verb, aorist active infinitive — “to enter”, a single actionG1525I go in, come in, enter.This verse uses “enter”.enterεἰςeisintoεἰςpreposition — “into”G1519into, in, unto, to, upon, towards, for, among.This verse uses “into”.intoτὴνtēntheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, feminine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.βασιλείανbasileiankingdomβασιλεία (basileia)noun, accusative, singular, feminine — “kingdom”, the object formG932kingship, sovereignty, authority, rule, especially of God, both in the world, and in the hearts of men; hence: kingdom, in the concrete sense.This verse uses “kingdom”.the kingdomτοῦtoutheὁ (ho)article, genitive, singular, masculine — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.θεοῦtheouof Godθεός (theos)noun, genitive, singular, masculine — “of God”, the of-formG2316(a) God, (b) a god, generally.This verse uses “God”.of God

Textus Receptus Words Not in the SBL Text

ὁhotheὁarticle, nominative, singular, masculine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

Jesus answered, 'Verily, verily, I say to thee, If any one may not be born of water, and the Spirit, he is not able to enter into the reign of God;

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American Standard Version (1901)

Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except one be born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.

Young’s Literal Translation

Jesus answered, 'Verily, verily, I say to thee, If any one may not be born of water, and the Spirit, he is not able to enter into the reign of God;

World English Bible

Jesus answered, “ Most certainly I tell you , unless one is born of water and Spirit , he can ’ t enter into God ’s Kingdom.

Darby Translation

Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except any one be born of water and of Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.

Douay-Rheims

Jesus answered: Amen, amen I say to thee, unless a man be born again of water and the Holy Ghost, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.

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