What happensPermalink
Jesus tells Nicodemus he must be born again. “For God so loved the world that He gave his only Son.” John the Baptist says his role has ended.
Why it mattersPermalink
Salvation requires new birth, of water and the Spirit, a different kind entirely than the first birth. Whoever believes in Jesus is born again to eternal life, but people loved the darkness more than the light.
Key versePermalink
“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.”