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John 3:3

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3 Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.

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Scriptural Confirmations #70

  
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70. 2. Be ye doers of the Word, and not hearers only. The state of him who is a hearer only is described (James 1:22-25).

Of faith without works, what it is, from James. See Faith.

Whosoever shall keep the whole law and yet fall away in one matter, is made guilty of all (James 2:10-11).

What the works done by the Scribes and Pharisees are, and yet they impose them upon men to do them (Matthew 23:2-7).

Everyone who doeth evil deeds hateth the light, lest his deeds should be reproved (John 3:19-21).

They that have done good shall come forth unto the resurrection of life; they who have done evil unto the resurrection of judgment (John 5:29).

  
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Thanks to the Swedenborg Foundation for their permission to use this translation.

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John 3:19-21

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19 This is the judgment, that the light has come into the world, and men loved the darkness rather than the light; for their works were evil.

20 For everyone who does evil hates the light, and doesn't come to the light, lest his works would be exposed.

21 But he who does the truth comes to the light, that his works may be revealed, that they have been done in God."