John 3:5

Which verses does John 3:5 point to?

The 20 strongest of 29, ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.

1. Ezekiel 36:25–27115 votes

   I will also sprinkle clean water on you, and you will be clean. I will cleanse you from all your impurities and all your idols. I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit within you; I will remove your heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh. …

2. Ephesians 5:2663 votes

   to sanctify her, cleansing her by the washing with water through the word,

3. Acts 2:3856 votes

   Peter replied, “Repent and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.

4. 1 Peter 3:2139 votes

   And this water symbolizes the baptism that now saves you also—not the removal of dirt from the body, but the pledge of a clear conscience toward God—through the resurrection of Jesus Christ,

5. 1 Corinthians 6:1138 votes

   And that is what some of you were. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified, in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God.

6. 1 John 5:6–835 votes

   This is the One who came by water and blood, Jesus Christ—not by water alone, but by water and blood. And it is the Spirit who testifies to this, because the Spirit is the truth. For there are three that testify: …

7. Isaiah 44:3–431 votes

   For I will pour water on the thirsty land, and currents on the dry ground. I will pour out My Spirit on your descendants, and My blessing on your offspring. They will sprout among the grass like willows by flowing streams.

8. Matthew 3:1127 votes

   I baptize you with water for repentance, but after me will come One more powerful than I, whose sandals I am not worthy to carry. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire.

9. Titus 3:4–727 votes

   But when the kindness of God our Savior and His love for mankind appeared, He saved us, not by the righteous deeds we had done, but according to His mercy, through the washing of new birth and renewal by the Holy Spirit. …

10. John 3:322 votes

    Jesus replied, “Truly, truly, I tell you, no one can see the kingdom of God unless he is born again.”

11. 2 Corinthians 5:17–1822 votes
12. Mark 16:1619 votes

    Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved, but whoever does not believe will be condemned.

13. 1 Corinthians 2:1215 votes

    We have not received the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, that we may understand what God has freely given us.

14. Romans 14:1712 votes
15. Galatians 6:1512 votes

    For neither circumcision nor uncircumcision means anything. What counts is a new creation.

16. 1 John 5:112 votes

    Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ has been born of God, and everyone who loves the Father also loves those born of Him.

17. Matthew 18:311 votes
18. John 1:1311 votes

    children born not of blood, nor of the desire or will of man, but born of God.

19. 1 John 2:2911 votes

    If you know that He is righteous, you also know that everyone who practices righteousness has been born of Him.

20. 1 Peter 1:210 votes

Which verses point to John 3:5?

The 10 strongest of 61.

• John 3:3 80
• Ezekiel 36:26 77
• Mark 16:16 72
• 2 Corinthians 5:17 71
• Ezekiel 36:25 65
• Ephesians 5:26 42
• Hebrews 10:22 40
• 1 John 2:29 34
• Matthew 7:21 26
• Romans 8:8 26