John 3:16

Catholic Public Domain Version

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.

Cross References

Genesis 22:12

And he said to him, "Do not extend your hand over the boy, and do not do anything to him. Now I know that you fear God, since you have not spared your only begotten son for my sake."

Genesis 22:2

He said to him: "Take your only begotten son Isaac, whom you love, and go into the land of vision. And there you shall offer him as a holocaust upon one of the mountains, which I will show to you."

Isaiah 9:6

For unto us a child is born, and unto us a son is given. And leadership is placed upon his shoulder. And his name shall be called: wonderful Counselor, mighty God, father of the future age, Prince of Peace.

Matthew 9:13

So then, go out and learn what this means: 'I desire mercy and not sacrifice.' For I have not come to call the just, but sinners."

Mark 12:6

Therefore, having still one son, most dear to him, he sent him also to them, at the very end, saying, 'For they will reverence my son.'

Luke 2:14

"Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace to men of good will."

John 1:14

And the Word became flesh, and he lived among us, and we saw his glory, glory like that of an only-begotten son from the Father, full of grace and truth.

John 1:18

No one ever saw God; the only-begotten Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, he himself has described him.

John 1:29

On the next day, John saw Jesus coming toward him, and so he said: "Behold, the Lamb of God. Behold, he who takes away the sin of the world.

John 10:28

And I give them eternal life, and they shall not perish, for eternity. And no one shall seize them from my hand.

John 3:15

so that whoever believes in him may not perish, but may have eternal life.

John 3:18

Whoever believes in him is not judged. But whoever does not believe is already judged, because he does not believe in the name of the only-begotten Son of God.

John 3:36

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."

John 6:40

So then, this is the will of my Father who sent me: that everyone who sees the Son and believes in him may have eternal life, and I will raise him up on the last day."

Romans 5:10

For if we were reconciled to God through the death of his Son, while we were still enemies, all the more so, having been reconciled, shall we be saved by his life.

Romans 5:8

But God demonstrates his love for us in that, while we were yet sinners, at the proper time,

Romans 8:32

He who did not spare even his own Son, but handed him over for the sake of us all, how could he not also, with him, have given us all things?

Ephesians 2:4

Yet still, God, who is rich in mercy, for the sake of his exceedingly great charity with which he loved us,

2 Thessalonians 2:16

exhort your hearts and confirm you in every good word and deed.

Titus 3:4

But then the kindness and humanity of God our Savior appeared.

Hebrews 2:9

Yet we understand that Jesus, who was reduced to a little less than the Angels, was crowned with glory and honor because of his Passion and death, in order that, by the grace of God, he might taste death for all.

1 John 3:1

See what kind of love the Father has given to us, that we would be called, and would become, the sons of God. Because of this, the world does not know us, for it did not know him.

1 John 4:19

Therefore, let us love God, for God first loved us.

Revelation 1:5

and from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness, the first-born of the dead, and the leader over the kings of the earth, who has loved us and has washed us from our sins with his blood,