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Again...you have misunderstood. He did not say that being born again was of both water and spirit, but that one must [also] be born of the Spirit. "And" refers to being born a second time [again]..."born of the Spirit":
5 Jesus answered, “Most assuredly, I say to you, unless one is born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God. 6 That which is born of the flesh is flesh, and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.7 Do not marvel that I said to you, ‘You must be born again.’ 8 The wind blows where it wishes, and you hear the sound of it, but cannot tell where it comes from and where it goes. So is everyone who is born of the Spirit.”
Born, singular, of water and the Spirit. If He had said "born of water and born of the Spirit" then the argument would have substance. But He didn't say that, He said "unless one is born of water and the Spirit", "water and the Spirit" describes what the new birth is.
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