I want to comment on verse 5, and say that being born of water refers back to being born the first time, as when a woman's water breaks. So, it was being confirmed by Jesus that just being born into a jewish family didn't guarantee you salvation, but you needed to be born again spiritually. Being born of spirit is when we believe the message of christ. Otherwise, if being born of water referred to being baptised, then we would need to be born 3 times, and not just 'born again' a second time. So, when Jesus says being born of water and the spirit, it's water being the physical birth and spirit being the spiritual birth.
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