John 3

16 For God loved* 3:16 Jn 12:43; 1Co 13:1; Gl 2:20; Col 1:13; 3:12; 1Th 1:4; 2Th 2:13,16; 1Jn 4:7–12; Jd 1the world in this way:* 3:16 Or this muchHe gave* 3:16 Or For in this way God loved the world, and so he gave, or For God so loved the world that he gavehis one and only* 3:16 1Jn 4:9Son,* 3:16 Jn 5:19; Heb 1:2so that everyone who believes in him will not perish but have eternal life.* 3:16 Jn 12:25; Rm 5:8; 1Jn 3:16; 4:9–1017 For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn* 3:17 Jn 8:11the world, but to save the world through him.18 Anyone who believes in him is not condemned, but anyone who does not believe is already condemned,* 3:18 Mt 12:41; Mk 16:16because he has not believed in the name* 3:18 Jn 10:25; 1Jn 3:23of the one and only Son* 3:18 Jn 5:19of God.