John 3:16

Bible in Basic English 1965

For God had such love for the world that he gave his only Son, so that whoever has faith in him may not come to destruction but have eternal life.

Cross References

Genesis 22:12

And he said, Let not your hand be stretched out against the boy to do anything to him; for now I am certain that the fear of God is in your heart, because you have not kept back your son, your only son, from me.

Genesis 22:2

And he said to him, Take your son, your dearly loved only son Isaac, and go to the land of Moriah and give him as a burned offering on one of the mountains of which I will give you knowledge.

Isaiah 9:6

For to us a child has come, to us a son is given; and the government has been placed in his hands; and he has been named Wise Guide, Strong God, Father for ever, Prince of Peace.

Matthew 9:13

But go and take to heart the sense of these words, My desire is for mercy, not offerings: for I have come not to get the upright, but sinners.

Mark 12:6

He still had one, a dearly loved son: he sent him last to them, saying, They will have respect for my son.

Luke 2:14

Glory to God in the highest, and on the earth peace among men with whom he is well pleased.

John 1:14

And so the Word became flesh and took a place among us for a time; and we saw his glorysuch glory as is given to an only son by his fathersaw it to be true and full of grace.

John 1:18

No man has seen God at any time; the only Son, who is on the breast of the Father, he has made clear what God is.

John 1:29

The day after, John sees Jesus coming to him and says, See, here is the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world!

John 10:28

And I give them eternal life; they will never come to destruction, and no one will ever take them out of my hand.

John 3:15

So that whoever has faith may have in him eternal life.

John 3:18

The man who has faith in him does not come up to be judged; but he who has no faith in him has been judged even now, because he has no faith in the name of the only Son of God.

John 3:36

He who has faith in the Son has eternal life; but he who has not faith in the Son will not see life; God's wrath is resting on him.

John 6:40

This, I say, is my Father's pleasure, that everyone who sees the Son and has faith in him may have eternal life: and I will take him up on the last day.

Romans 5:10

For if, when we were haters of God, the death of his Son made us at peace with him, much more, now that we are his friends, will we have salvation through his life;

Romans 5:8

But God has made clear his love to us, in that, when we were still sinners, Christ gave his life for us.

Romans 8:32

He who did not keep back his only Son, but gave him up for us all, will he not with him freely give us all things?

Ephesians 2:4

But God, being full of mercy, through the great love which he had for us,

2 Thessalonians 2:16

Now our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God our Father who had love for us and has given us eternal comfort and good hope through grace,

Titus 3:4

But when the mercy of God our Saviour, and his love to man was seen,

Hebrews 2:9

But we see him who was made a little lower than the angels, even Jesus, crowned with glory and honour, because he let himself be put to death so that by the grace of God he might undergo death for all men.

1 John 3:1

See what great love the Father has given us in naming us the children of God; and such we are. For this reason the world does not see who we are, because it did not see who he was.

1 John 4:19

We have the power of loving, because he first had love for us.

Revelation 1:5

And from Jesus Christ, the true witness, the first to come back from the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth. To him who had love for us and has made us clean from our sins by his blood;