John 3:3-5
Jesus replied, “Truly, truly, I tell you, no one can see the kingdom of God unless he is born again.” “How can a man be born when he is old?” Nicodemus asked. “Can he enter his mother’s womb a second time to be born?” Jesus answered, “Truly, truly, I tell you, no one can enter the kingdom of God unless he is born of water and the Spirit.
Berean Standard Bible, public domain. Read all of John 3 · Words of Christ are set in red.
2 songs meet this passage
Holy Water · We The Kingdom
resonates with John 3:3-5
Directly draws on Jesus' teaching to Nicodemus about new birth through water and the Spirit.
“Everything inside screams for second life”
Meant to Live · Switchfoot
resonates with John 3:3
The longing for a 'second life' resonates with the invitation to be born again, though the song leaves the longing open rather than naming its fulfillment.
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