14 And Num. 21:9as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so must the Son of Man ch. 8:28;12:32,34be lifted up,15 that whoever believes [ch. 15:4;16:33;1 John 5:12,20] in him ver. 36may have eternal life.3:15 Some interpreters hold that the quotation ends at verse 15
For God So Loved the World
16 "For Rom. 5:8;Eph. 2:4;2 Thess. 2:16;1 John 3:1;4:9,10God so loved See ch. 1:29the world, 3:16 Or For this is how God loved the world Rom. 8:32that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not ch. 10:28perish but have eternal life.