Postil on the Gospel of John: On Rebirth

25. Of the new person born of God original: "Newen auß Gott gebornen menschen", and why they are called "new."

26. What a Christian person is.

27. That flesh and blood must be transformed original: "gewandelt" — implying a spiritual change or transmutation necessary for salvation. for entry into the Kingdom of God.

28. That the Holy Spirit original: "H. gaist" in His working is not bound to any creature In theological writing of this period, "creature" refers to any created thing, including physical elements like water, bread, or human rituals..

29. That God does not work through the mediation of the creature, but through the only mediator original: "ainigen mitler", the human Jesus Christ.

30. Comparison of Christ's saying on rebirth original: "widergeburt" with the Prophets.

31. Interpretation original: "Außlegung" of the saying: "No one ascends into heaven except he who came down from heaven, namely the Son of Man who is in heaven." A translation of the Latin-derived German phrasing of John 3:13.

32. That without Christ no one can come into heaven.

33. On the figure of the raised brazen serpent original: "auffgerichten öhrnen schlangen" — This refers to a story from the Old Testament (Numbers 21) where Moses raised a bronze snake on a pole to heal the Israelites. Christian theologians view this as a "type" or symbolic foreshadowing of Christ's crucifixion. in the wilderness, and how it signified Christ.

34. Ten strong proofs from Holy Scripture that in John 3, Christ is not speaking of baptismal water original: "Tauffwasser", but of Himself, the living Word of God.

35. That because of this, nothing at all is taken away from the Sacrament of Christian Baptism The author is reassuring the reader that by interpreting "water" in John 3 as a metaphor for Christ, he is not seeking to abolish or devalue the physical ritual of baptism itself..

36. The Sum of the Gospel original: "Summa deß Euangelij" — a concluding summary of the core message..