John 3:36 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

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.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

³⁶ He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life: and he that believeth not the Son shall not see life; but the wrath of God abideth on him.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

³⁶ And he who believes in (has faith in, clings to, relies on) the Son has (now possesses) eternal life. But whoever disobeys (is unbelieving toward, refuses to trust in, disregards, is not subject to) the Son will never see (experience) life, but [instead] the wrath of God abides on him. [God's displeasure remains on him; His indignation hangs over him continually.] [Hab. 2:4.]

American Standard Version (1901)

³⁶ He that believeth on the Son hath eternal life; but he that obeyeth not the Son shall not see life, but the wrath of God abideth on him.

Common English Bible

³⁶ Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life. Whoever doesn’t believe in the Son won’t see life, but the angry judgment of God remains on them.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

³⁶ Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life. But whoever is unbelieving toward the Son shall not see life; instead the wrath of God remains upon him."

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

³⁶ He that believeth in the Son, hath life everlasting; but he that believeth not the Son, shall not see life; but the wrath of God abideth on him.

John 3:36 Cross References

Job 33:28

He has redeemed my soul from going down into the Pit, and my life shall see the light.’

Psalm 2:12

kiss his feet, lest he be angry, and you perish in the way; for his wrath is quickly kindled. Blessed are all who take refuge in him.

Psalm 36:9

For with thee is the fountain of life; in thy light do we see light.

Psalm 49:19

he will go to the generation of his fathers, who will never more see the light.

Habakkuk 2:4

Behold, he whose soul is not upright in him shall fail, but the righteous shall live by his faith.

Numbers 32:11

‘Surely none of the men who came up out of Egypt, from twenty years old and upward, shall see the land which I swore to give to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, because they have not wholly followed me;

Matthew 25:46

And they will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life.”

Mark 16:16

He who believes and is baptized will be saved; but he who does not believe will be condemned.

Luke 2:30

for mine eyes have seen thy salvation

Luke 3:6

and all flesh shall see the salvation of God.”

John 1:12

But to all who received him, who believed in his name, he gave power to become children of God;

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 3:3

Jesus answered him, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born anew, he cannot see the kingdom of God.”

John 4:36

He who reaps receives wages, and gathers fruit for eternal life, so that sower and reaper may rejoice together.

John 5:24

Truly, truly, I say to you, he who hears my word and believes him who sent me, has eternal life; he does not come into judgment, but has passed from death to life.

John 6:58

This is the bread which came down from heaven, not such as the fathers ate and died; he who eats this bread will live for ever.”

John 8:51

Truly, truly, I say to you, if any one keeps my word, he will never see death.”

Acts 14:2

But the unbelieving Jews stirred up the Gentiles and poisoned their minds against the brethren.

Romans 4:15

For the law brings wrath, but where there is no law there is no transgression.

Romans 5:9

Since, therefore, we are now justified by his blood, much more shall we be saved by him from the wrath of God.

Romans 8:1

There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.

Galatians 3:10

For all who rely on works of the law are under a curse; for it is written, “Cursed be every one who does not abide by all things written in the book of the law, and do them.”

Ephesians 5:6

Let no one deceive you with empty words, for it is because of these things that the wrath of God comes upon the sons of disobedience.

1 Thessalonians 1:10

and to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead, Jesus who delivers us from the wrath to come.

1 Thessalonians 5:9

For God has not destined us for wrath, but to obtain salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ,

Hebrews 10:29

How much worse punishment do you think will be deserved by the man who has spurned the Son of God, and profaned the blood of the covenant by which he was sanctified, and outraged the Spirit of grace?

Hebrews 2:3

how shall we escape if we neglect such a great salvation? It was declared at first by the Lord, and it was attested to us by those who heard him,

Hebrews 3:18

And to whom did he swear that they should never enter his rest, but to those who were disobedient?

Hebrews 3:19

So we see that they were unable to enter because of unbelief.

Revelation 21:8

But as for the cowardly, the faithless, the polluted, as for murderers, fornicators, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars, their lot shall be in the lake that burns with fire and sulphur, which is the second death.”