John 3:12
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If I have spoken to you earthly things, and you believe not: how will you believe, if I shall speak to you heavenly things?

earthly.

John 3:3,5,8 Jesus answered and said to him: Amen, amen, I say to thee, unless a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God. . . .

1 Corinthians 3:1,2 And I, brethren, could not speak to you as unto spiritual, but as unto carnal. As unto little ones in Christ. . . .

Hebrews 5:11 Of whom we have much to say and hard to be intelligibly uttered: because you are become weak to hear.

1 Peter 2:1-3 Wherefore laying away all malice and all guile and dissimulations and envies and all detractions, . . .

heavenly.

John 3:13-17,31-36 And no man hath ascended into heaven, but he that descended from heaven, the Son of man who is in heaven. . . .

John 1:1-14 In the beginning was the Word: and the Word was with God: and the Word was God. . . .

1 Corinthians 2:7-9 But we speak the wisdom of God in a mystery, a wisdom which is hidden, which God ordained before the world, unto our glory: . . .

1 Timothy 3:16 And evidently great is the mystery of godliness, which was manifested in the flesh, was justified in the spirit, appeared unto angels, hath been preached unto the Gentiles, is believed in the world, is taken up in glory.

1 John 4:10 In this is charity: not as though we had loved God, but because he hath first loved us, and sent his Son to be a propitiation for our sins.

Context
Jesus and Nicodemus
11Amen, amen, I say to thee that we speak what we know and we testify what we have seen: and you receive not our testimony. 12If I have spoken to you earthly things, and you believe not: how will you believe, if I shall speak to you heavenly things? 13And no man hath ascended into heaven, but he that descended from heaven, the Son of man who is in heaven.…
Cross References
John 3:11
Amen, amen, I say to thee that we speak what we know and we testify what we have seen: and you receive not our testimony.

John 3:13
And no man hath ascended into heaven, but he that descended from heaven, the Son of man who is in heaven.

Lexicon
If
Εἰ (Ei)
Conjunction
Strong's Greek 1487: If. A primary particle of conditionality; if, whether, that, etc.

I have told
εἶπον (eipon)
Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 1st Person Singular
Strong's Greek 2036: Answer, bid, bring word, command. A primary verb; to speak or say.

you {about}
ὑμῖν (hymin)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative 2nd Person Plural
Strong's Greek 4771: You. The person pronoun of the second person singular; thou.

earthly
ἐπίγεια (epigeia)
Adjective - Accusative Neuter Plural
Strong's Greek 1919: From epi and ge; worldly.

things
τὰ (ta)
Article - Accusative Neuter Plural
Strong's Greek 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

and
καὶ (kai)
Conjunction
Strong's Greek 2532: And, even, also, namely.

you do not believe,
πιστεύετε (pisteuete)
Verb - Present Indicative Active - 2nd Person Plural
Strong's Greek 4100: From pistis; to have faith, i.e. Credit; by implication, to entrust.

how
πῶς (pōs)
Adverb
Strong's Greek 4459: Adverb from the base of pou; an interrogative particle of manner; in what way?; also as exclamation, how much!

will you believe
πιστεύσετε (pisteusete)
Verb - Future Indicative Active - 2nd Person Plural
Strong's Greek 4100: From pistis; to have faith, i.e. Credit; by implication, to entrust.

if
ἐὰν (ean)
Conjunction
Strong's Greek 1437: If. From ei and an; a conditional particle; in case that, provided, etc.

I tell
εἴπω (eipō)
Verb - Aorist Subjunctive Active - 1st Person Singular
Strong's Greek 2036: Answer, bid, bring word, command. A primary verb; to speak or say.

you {about}
ὑμῖν (hymin)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative 2nd Person Plural
Strong's Greek 4771: You. The person pronoun of the second person singular; thou.

heavenly
ἐπουράνια (epourania)
Adjective - Accusative Neuter Plural
Strong's Greek 2032: From epi and ouranos; above the sky.

things?
τὰ (ta)
Article - Accusative Neuter Plural
Strong's Greek 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.


Additional Translations
If I have told you about earthly things and you do not believe, how will you believe if I tell you about heavenly things?

If I have told you earthly things and you do not believe, how will you believe if I tell you heavenly things?

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

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

If I have said the earthly things to you, and ye believe not, how, if I say the heavenly things to you, will ye believe?

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

If I have told you earthly things, and ye believe not, how will ye believe if I tell you heavenly things?

If I have told you earthly things and none of you believe me, how will you believe me if I tell you of things in Heaven?

If I told you earthly things and you don't believe, how will you believe if I tell you heavenly things?

if the earthly things I said to you, and ye do not believe, how, if I shall say to you the heavenly things, will ye believe?
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