Skip to main content
    Back to quiz

    John 3 Quiz — You Must Be Born Again — Questions and Answers

    All 10 questions with the correct answer, a short explanation, and the King James Version reference. Use this page as a study guide, an answer key, or a quick review sheet.

    1. Q1.Who came to Jesus by night?

      • A. Joseph of Arimathaea
      • B. Nicodemus
      • C. Lazarus
      • D. Bartimaeus

      Answer: Nicodemus

      There was a man of the Pharisees, named Nicodemus.

      Read John 3:1 (KJV)

    2. Q2.Of what sect was he?

      • A. Sadducees
      • B. Pharisees
      • C. Essenes
      • D. Zealots

      Answer: Pharisees

      A man of the Pharisees.

      Read John 3:1 (KJV)

    3. Q3.What did Jesus say a man must be in order to see the kingdom?

      • A. Faithful
      • B. Born again
      • C. Baptised
      • D. Wise

      Answer: Born again

      Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.

      Read John 3:3 (KJV)

    4. Q4.Of what must one be born?

      • A. Of water
      • B. Of water and of the Spirit
      • C. Of fire
      • D. Of flesh

      Answer: Of water and of the Spirit

      Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit.

      Read John 3:5 (KJV)

    5. Q5.To what does Jesus liken the Spirit?

      • A. A fire
      • B. The wind
      • C. The rain
      • D. A river

      Answer: The wind

      The wind bloweth where it listeth… so is every one that is born of the Spirit.

      Read John 3:8 (KJV)

    6. Q6.What did Moses lift up in the wilderness?

      • A. A rod
      • B. The serpent
      • C. The tabernacle
      • D. His hands

      Answer: The serpent

      As Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of man be lifted up.

      Read John 3:14 (KJV)

    7. Q7.How does John 3:16 begin?

      • A. In the beginning
      • B. For God so loved the world
      • C. God is love
      • D. Beloved, let us love

      Answer: For God so loved the world

      For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son.

      Read John 3:16 (KJV)

    8. Q8.Why did God send His Son into the world?

      • A. To condemn the world
      • B. That the world through him might be saved
      • C. To judge the nations
      • D. To rule on earth

      Answer: That the world through him might be saved

      God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.

      Read John 3:17 (KJV)

    9. Q9.Why do men love darkness rather than light?

      • A. Because of fear
      • B. Because their deeds were evil
      • C. Because of pride
      • D. Because of ignorance

      Answer: Because their deeds were evil

      Men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil.

      Read John 3:19 (KJV)

    10. Q10.Who said, 'He must increase, but I must decrease'?

      • A. Peter
      • B. John the Baptist
      • C. Andrew
      • D. Jesus

      Answer: John the Baptist

      John the Baptist's testimony at the close of the chapter.

      Read John 3:30 (KJV)