For God so loved the world, that he gave his only born† Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life.
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
John 3:16 in context
John 3:13–19
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No one has ascended into heaven but he who descended out of heaven, the Son of Man, who is in heaven.
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As Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of Man be lifted up,
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that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life.
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For God so loved the world, that he gave his only born† Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life.
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For God didn’t send his Son into the world to judge the world, but that the world should be saved through him.
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He who believes in him is not judged. He who doesn’t believe has been judged already, because he has not believed in the name of the only born Son of God.
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This is the judgment, that the light has come into the world, and men loved the darkness rather than the light, for their works were evil.
Source notes
Notes from World English Bible Updated
- The phrase “only born” is from the Greek word “μονογενη”, which is sometimes translated “only begotten” or “one and only”.
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