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Hidden in Translation

Jesus answered, “Very truly, I tell you, no one can enter the kingdom of God without being born of water and Spirit.  What is born of the flesh is flesh, and what is born of the Spirit is spirit. Do not be astonished that I said to you, ‘You must be born from above.’ The wind blows where it chooses, and you hear the sound of it, but you do not know where it comes from or where it goes. So it is with everyone who is born of the Spirit.” (John 3:5-8) CONTRACTIONS The Spirit gives birth to spirit. The Spirit gives birth. Except a man be born of water and the Spirit he – Except – And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters. And the Spirit is not 'It,' they said. Amen! The Spirit is 'He.' The Spirit gives birth. You must be born again. Look, here is water – Darkness is upon the amnion. Let fall the form and content I would hold regardless; Spirit Who gives birth, Deliver us. Carolyn Whitnall, 2019/21. The word the Hebrew Bible uses to describe God's Spiri