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If I told you earthly things and you don`t believe, how will you believe if I tell you heavenly things?
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Earthly vs. Heavenly Truths
Commentators clarify that "earthly things" are not worldly or sinful. Instead, they are spiritual realities that happen on earth, with the new birth being the primary example. "Heavenly things" refer to the deeper mysteries of God's redemptive plan, such as the nature of the Son of God and the purpose of His sacrifice. Jesus is contrasting foundational truths with more advanced ones.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
If I have told you earthly things. Things which occur on earth. Not sensual or worldly things, for Jesus had said nothin…
If I told (ε ειπον). Condition of the first class, assumed to be true.
Earthly things (τα επιγεια). Things…
19th Century
Anglican
Earthly things—that is, things upon earth, having the sphere of their action upon earth. These are not necessarily restricted to t…
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Baptist
If I have told you earthly things, and ye believe not, how shall ye believe, if I tell you of heavenly things?
Regeneration is a wo…
The “earthly things” (GK 2103) Jesus alluded to were probably the phenomena he used for illustrations, such as the wind. If Nicodemus was unable to…
16th Century
Protestant
If I have told you earthly things. Christ concludes that Nicodemus and others are at fault if they do not advance in the doctrine of the G…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
If I have told you earthly thingsNot that the doctrines he delivered were earthly ones; for he was not of the earth, but from …
13th Century
Catholic
Above, in His instruction on spiritual generation, the Lord presented a reason; here He gives an example. For we see that Nicodemus was t…
