John 3:16 - Revised Standard Version CI

¹⁶ For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁶ 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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁶ For God so greatly loved and dearly prized the world that He [even] gave up His only begotten (unique) Son, so that whoever believes in (trusts in, clings to, relies on) Him shall not perish (come to destruction, be lost) but have eternal (everlasting) life.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁶ 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.

Common English Bible

¹⁶ God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him won’t perish but will have eternal life.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁶ For God so loved the world that he gave his only-begotten Son, so that all who believe in him may not perish, but may have eternal life.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁶ For God so loved the world, as to give his only begotten Son; that whosoever believeth in him, may not perish, but may have life everlasting.

John 3:16 Cross References

Genesis 22:12

He said, “Do not lay your hand on the lad or do anything to him; for now I know that you fear God, seeing you have not withheld your son, your only son, from me.”

Genesis 22:2

He said, “Take your son, your only son Isaac, whom you love, and go to the land of Moriah, and offer him there as a burnt offering upon one of the mountains of which I shall tell you.”

Isaiah 9:6

For to us a child is born, to us a son is given; and the government will be upon his shoulder, and his name will be called “Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.”

Matthew 9:13

Go and learn what this means, ‘I desire mercy, and not sacrifice.’ For I came not to call the righteous, but sinners.”

Mark 12:6

He had still one other, a beloved son; finally he sent him to them, saying, ‘They will respect my son.’

Luke 2:14

“Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace among men with whom he is pleased!”

John 1:14

And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, full of grace and truth; we have beheld his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father.

John 1:18

No one has ever seen God; the only Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, he has made him known.

John 1:29

The next day he saw Jesus coming toward him, and said, “Behold, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!

John 10:28

and I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish, and no one shall snatch them out of my hand.

John 3:15

that whoever believes in him may have eternal life.”

John 3:18

He who believes in him is not condemned; he who does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only Son of God.

John 3:36

He who believes in the Son has eternal life; he who does not obey the Son shall not see life, but the wrath of God rests upon him.

John 6:40

For this is the will of my Father, that every one who sees the Son and believes in him should have eternal life; and I will raise him up at the last day.”

Romans 5:10

For if while we were enemies we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, now that we are reconciled, shall we be saved by his life.

Romans 5:8

But God shows his love for us in that while we were yet sinners Christ died for us.

Romans 8:32

He who did not spare his own Son but gave him up for us all, will he not also give us all things with him?

Ephesians 2:4

But God, who is rich in mercy, out of the great love with which he loved us,

2 Thessalonians 2:16

Now may our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God our Father, who loved us and gave us eternal comfort and good hope through grace,

Titus 3:4

but when the goodness and loving kindness of God our Savior appeared,

Hebrews 2:9

But we see Jesus, who for a little while was made lower than the angels, crowned with glory and honor because of the suffering of death, so that by the grace of God he might taste death for every one.

1 John 3:1

See what love the Father has given us, that we should be called children of God; and so we are. The reason why the world does not know us is that it did not know him.

1 John 4:19

We love, because he first loved us.

Revelation 1:5

and from Jesus Christ the faithful witness, the first-born of the dead, and the ruler of kings on earth. To him who loves us and has freed us from our sins by his blood