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- John answered and said, A man can receive nothing - neither office, function, faculty, nor life work, in the kingdom of God - except it has been given him from heaven. The raying is broad, general, comprehensive, sustaining.
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27 KJV - John 3:27 John replied, "A man can receive only...
- 27 NIV
John answered, "A man can receive nothing, unless it has...
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27 NASB - John 3:27 John replied, "A man can receive only...
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John answered, "A man can receive nothing, unless it has...
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John answered and said: A man cannot receive any thing,...
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27 NLT - John 3:27 John replied, "A man can receive only...
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John 3:27-29. John answered — With a humility and integrity...
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No man hath seen God at any time; the only begotten Son,...
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KJV John answered and said, A man can receive nothing, except it be given him from heaven.
Nothing but the blood and Spirit of Christ could convey either remission or repentance to the souls of men. John preached the baptism of repentance unto remission, but could confer neither. He taught the people to look to One who should come after him.
John 3:27-29. John answered — With a humility and integrity agreeable to the rest of his character, A man can receive nothing — Neither he, nor I, nor any man; unless it be given him from heaven — Whence every good gift cometh, James 1:18; a general truth, very applicable in this case.
Jan 4, 2022 · Contrary to the claims of atheists and agnostics through the centuries, man cannot live without God. Man can have a mortal existence without acknowledging God, but not without the fact of God. As the Creator, God originated human life.
John answered and said, “A man can receive nothing unless it has been given to him from heaven. You yourselves bear me witness, that I said, ‘I am not the Christ,’ but, ‘I have been sent before Him.’
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Man can entrust himself to God in Jesus Christ. Then life takes on meaning. Purpose becomes apparent. Man with God becomes significant, even as man without God becomes meaningless.
