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Joh 1:13 Strong Concordance Which [3739] were born [1080], not [3756] of [1537] blood [129], nor [3761] of [1537] the will [2307] of the flesh [4561], nor [3761] of [1537] the will [2307] of man [435], but [235] of [1537] God [2316].
  King James Which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.

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A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]
Which were born--a sonship therefore not of mere title and privilege, but of nature, the soul being made conscious of the vital capacities, perceptions, and emotions of a child of God, before unknown.

not of blood, &c.--not of superior human descent, not of human generation at all, not of man in any manner of way. By this elaborate threefold denial of the human source of this sonship, immense force is given to what follows,

but of God--Right royal gift, and He who confers must be absolutely divine. For who would not worship Him who can bring him into the family, and evoke within him the very life, of the sons of God?
 
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12 Wherefore [5620], my [3450] beloved [27], as [2531] ye have [5219] always [3842] obeyed [5219], not [3361] as [5613] in [1722] my [3450] presence [3952] only [3440], but [235] now [3568] much [4183] more [3123] in [1722] my [3450] absence [666], work out [2716] your own [1438] salvation [4991] with [3326] fear [5401] and [2532] trembling [5156].
3 Thy people [05971] shall be willing [05071] in the day [03117] of thy power [02428], in the beauties [01926] of holiness [06944] from the womb [07358] of the morning [04891]: thou hast the dew [02919] of thy youth [03208].
28 For [1063] he is [2076] not [3756] a Jew [2453], which is one outwardly [1722] [5318]; neither [3761] is that circumcision [4061], which is outward [1722] [5318] in [1722] the flesh [4561]:
29 But [235] he is a Jew [2453], which is one inwardly [1722] [2927]; and [2532] circumcision [4061] is that of the heart [2588], in [1722] the spirit [4151], and not [3756] in the letter [1121]; whose [3739] praise [1868] is not [3756] of [1537] men [444], but [235] of [1537] God [2316].
23 Being born again [313], not [3756] of [1537] corruptible [5349] seed [4701], but [235] of incorruptible [862], by [1223] the word [3056] of God [2316], which liveth [2198] and [2532] abideth [3306] for [1519] ever [165].
9 And [2532] think [1380] not [3361] to say [3004] within [1722] yourselves [1438], We have [2192] Abraham [11] to our father [3962]: for [1063] I say [3004] unto you [5213], that [3754] God [2316] is able [1410] of [1537] these [5130] stones [3037] to raise up [1453] children [5043] unto Abraham [11].
4 Saying [3004], I have sinned [264] in that I have betrayed [3860] the innocent [121] blood [129]. And [1161] they said [2036], What [5101] is that to [4314] us [2248]? see [3700] thou [4771] to that.
1 And [2532] you [5209] hath he quickened, who were [5607] dead [3498] in trespasses [3900] and [2532] sins [266];
29 If [1437] ye know [1492] that [3754] he is [2076] righteous [1342], ye know [1097] that [3754] every one [3956] that doeth [4160] righteousness [1343] is born [1080] of [1537] him [846].
3 Jesus [2424] answered [611] and [2532] said [2036] unto him [846], Verily [281], verily [281], I say [3004] unto thee [4671], Except [3362] a man [5100] be born [1080] again [509], he cannot [1410] [3756] see [1492] the kingdom [932] of God [2316].
4 Nicodemus [3530] saith [3004] unto [4314] him [846], How [4459] can [1410] a man [444] be born [1080] when he is [5607] old [1088]? can [3361] [1410] he enter [1525] the second time [1208] into [1519] his [846] mother's [3384] womb [2836], and [2532] be born [1080]?
5 Jesus [2424] answered [611], Verily [281], verily [281], I say [3004] unto thee [4671], Except [3362] a man [5100] be born [1080] of [1537] water [5204] and [2532] of the Spirit [4151], he cannot [3756] [1410] enter [1525] into [1519] the kingdom [932] of God [2316].
6 That which is born [1080] of [1537] the flesh [4561] is [2076] flesh [4561]; and [2532] that which is born [1080] of [1537] the Spirit [4151] is [2076] spirit [4151].
7 Marvel [2296] not [3361] that [3754] I said [2036] unto thee [4671], Ye [5209] must [1163] be born [1080] again [509].
8 The wind [4151] bloweth [4154] where [3699] it listeth [2309], and [2532] thou hearest [191] the sound [5456] thereof [846], but [235] canst [1492] not [3756] tell [1492] whence [4159] it cometh [2064], and [2532] whither [4226] it goeth [5217]: so [3779] is [2076] every one [3956] that is born [1080] of [1537] the Spirit [4151].