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. {again: or, from above}

That ye put off concerning the former conversation the old man, which is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts;

I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, {which is} your reasonable service.

And there shall in no wise enter into it any thing that defileth, neither {whatsoever} worketh abomination, or {maketh} a lie: but they which are written in the Lamb's book of life.

If I have told you earthly things, and ye believe not, how shall ye believe, if I tell you {of} heavenly things?

Seeing ye have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit unto unfeigned love of the brethren, {see that ye} love one another with a pure heart fervently:

As obedient children, not fashioning yourselves according to the former lusts in your ignorance:

Another parable spake he unto them; The kingdom of heaven is like unto leaven, which a woman took, and hid in three measures of meal, till the whole was leavened. {measures: the word in the Greek is a measure containing about a peck and a half, wanting a little more than a pint}

Giving thanks unto the Father, which hath made us meet to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light:

Follow peace with all {men}, and holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord:

What {is} man, that he should be clean? and {he which is} born of a woman, that he should be righteous?

What then? are we better {than they}? No, in no wise: for we have before proved both Jews and Gentiles, that they are all under sin; {proved: Gr. charged}

When Jesus knew in himself that his disciples murmured at it, he said unto them, Doth this offend you? {offend: or, scandalize, or, cause you to stumble}

{What} if God, willing to shew {his} wrath, and to make his power known, endured with much longsuffering the vessels of wrath fitted to destruction: {fitted: or, made up}

Marvel not at this: for the hour is coming, in the which all that are in the graves shall hear his voice,

And should sleep, and rise night and day, and the seed should spring and grow up, he knoweth not how.

Marvel not at this: for the hour is coming, in the which all that are in the graves shall hear his voice,

Marvel not, my brethren, if the world hate you.