john uses the word 5 times, in 3:3, 7; In the latter 3 cases the context makes clear that it means “from above”. Here (3:3, 7) it could mean. the dread power that man has ever conceived—that is not god; The pursuing vengeance that sin has ever imagined—that is not god; The unsatisfied anger that sacrifice has ever. whoever abides in him does not sin: Since sin is lawlessness, a disregard for god (1 john 3:4), and since jesus came to take away our sins (1 john 3:5), and since in jesus. scripture john 3 sort bible verse. Alive to religion, dead to god. There was a man of the pharisees named nicodemus, a ruler of the jews. This man came to jesus by night and said to.
