John 3:16
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“For 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.”
John 3:16 says that God, out of love, gave his only Son so that anyone who trusts in him will not perish but have eternal life. It is the gospel in a single sentence: God loved, God gave, and the only response asked of us is to believe.
Read the full meaning“For 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.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.”
King James Version · Public Domain“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth on him should not perish, but have eternal life.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“for God did so love the world, that His Son--the only begotten--He gave, that every one who is believing in him may not perish, but may have life age-during.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo John 3:16 — 23 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Genesis 22:12“Do not lay a hand on the boy or do anything to him,” said the angel, “for now I know that you fear God, since you have not withheld your only son from me.”
- Matthew 9:13But go and learn what this means: ‘I desire mercy, not sacrifice.’ For I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners.”
- Mark 12:6Finally, having one beloved son, he sent him to them. ‘They will respect my son,’ he said.
- Luke 2:14“Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace to men on whom His favor rests!”
- John 1:14The Word became flesh and made His dwelling among us. We have seen His glory, the glory of the one and only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth.
- John 1:18No one has ever seen God, but the one and only Son, who is Himself God and is at the Father’s side, has made Him known.
- John 1:29The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him and said, “Look, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!
- John 3:15that everyone who believes in Him may have eternal life.
- 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.”
- 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.”
- John 10:28I give them eternal life, and they will never perish. No one can snatch them out of My hand.
- John 11:25Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. Whoever believes in Me will live, even though he dies.
- Romans 5:8But God proves His love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.
- Romans 5:10For if, when we were enemies of God, we were reconciled to Him through the death of His Son, how much more, having been reconciled, shall we be saved through His life!
- Romans 8:32He who did not spare His own Son but gave Him up for us all, how will He not also, along with Him, freely give us all things?
- 2 Corinthians 5:19that God was reconciling the world to Himself in Christ, not counting men’s trespasses against them. And He has committed to us the message of reconciliation.
- Ephesians 2:4But because of His great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy,
- 2 Thessalonians 2:16Now may our Lord Jesus Christ Himself and God our Father, who by grace has loved us and given us eternal comfort and good hope,
- 1 Timothy 1:15This is a trustworthy saying, worthy of full acceptance: Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, of whom I am the worst.
- Titus 3:4But when the kindness of God our Savior and His love for mankind appeared,
- 1 John 4:9This is how God’s love was revealed among us: God sent His one and only Son into the world, so that we might live through Him.
- 1 John 4:19We love because He first loved us.
- Revelation 1:5and from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the firstborn from the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth. To Him who loves us and has released us from our sins by His blood,
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