John 3:15

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“that everyone who believes in Him may have eternal life.”

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“that everyone who believes in Him may have eternal life.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“That whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have eternal life.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“that whosoever believeth may in him have eternal life.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
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“that every one who is believing in him may not perish, but may have life age-during,”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo John 3:15 — 24 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Isaiah 45:22Turn to Me and be saved, all the ends of the earth; for I am God, and there is no other.
  2. Matthew 18:10See that you do not look down on any of these little ones. For I tell you that their angels in heaven always see the face of My Father in heaven.
  3. Mark 16:16Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved, but whoever does not believe will be condemned.
  4. Luke 19:10For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost.”
  5. John 1:12But to all who did receive Him, to those who believed in His name, He gave the right to become children of God—
  6. John 3:16For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that everyone who believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life.
  7. John 3:36Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life. Whoever rejects the Son will not see life. Instead, the wrath of God remains on him.”
  8. John 5:24Truly, truly, I tell you, whoever hears My word and believes Him who sent Me has eternal life and will not come under judgment. Indeed, he has crossed over from death to life.
  9. John 6:40For it is My Father’s will that everyone who looks to the Son and believes in Him shall have eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last day.”
  10. John 6:47Truly, truly, I tell you, he who believes has eternal life.
  11. John 10:28I give them eternal life, and they will never perish. No one can snatch them out of My hand.
  12. John 11:25Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. Whoever believes in Me will live, even though he dies.
  13. John 12:44Then Jesus cried out, “Whoever believes in Me does not believe in Me alone, but in the One who sent Me.
  14. John 16:33I have told you these things so that in Me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation. But take courage; I have overcome the world!”
  15. John 17:2For You granted Him authority over all people, so that He may give eternal life to all those You have given Him.
  16. John 20:31But these are written so that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life in His name.
  17. Acts 8:36As they traveled along the road and came to some water, the eunuch said, “Look, here is water! What is there to prevent me from being baptized?”
  18. Acts 13:41‘Look, you scoffers, wonder and perish! For I am doing a work in your days that you would never believe, even if someone told you.’”
  19. Acts 16:30Then he brought them out and asked, “Sirs, what must I do to be saved?”
  20. Romans 5:1Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ,
  21. Romans 5:21so that, just as sin reigned in death, so also grace might reign through righteousness to bring eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
  22. Romans 6:22But now that you have been set free from sin and have become slaves to God, the fruit you reap leads to holiness, and the outcome is eternal life.
  23. Romans 10:9that if you confess with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved.
  24. 1 Corinthians 1:18For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God.

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