John 3:16

New Century Version

“God loved the world so much that he gave his one and only Son so that whoever believes in him may not be lost, but have eternal life.

Cross References

Genesis 22:12

The angel said, “Don’t kill your son or hurt him in any way. Now I can see that you trust God and that you have not kept your son, your only son, from me.”

Genesis 22:2

Then God said, “Take your only son, Isaac, the son you love, and go to the land of Moriah. Kill him there and offer him as a whole burnt offering on one of the mountains I will tell you about.”

Isaiah 9:6

A child has been born to us; God has given a son to us. He will be responsible for leading the people. His name will be Wonderful Counselor, Powerful God, Father Who Lives Forever, Prince of Peace.

Matthew 9:13

Go and learn what this means: ‘I want kindness more than I want animal sacrifices.’ I did not come to invite good people but to invite sinners.”

Mark 12:6

“The man had one person left to send, his son whom he loved. He sent him last of all, saying, ‘They will respect my son.’

Luke 2:14

“Give glory to God in heaven, and on earth let there be peace among the people who please God.”

John 1:14

The Word became a human and lived among us. We saw his glory—the glory that belongs to the only Son of the Father—and he was full of grace and truth.

John 1:18

No one has ever seen God. But God the only Son is very close to the Father, and he has shown us what God is like.

John 1:29

The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him. John said, “Look, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!

John 10:28

I give them eternal life, and they will never die, and no one can steal them out of my hand.

John 3:15

So that everyone who believes can have eternal life in him.

John 3:18

People who believe in God’s Son are not judged guilty. Those who do not believe have already been judged guilty, because they have not believed in God’s one and only Son.

John 3:36

Those who believe in the Son have eternal life, but those who do not obey the Son will never have life. God’s anger stays on them.”

John 6:40

Those who see the Son and believe in him have eternal life, and I will raise them on the last day. This is what my Father wants.”

Romans 5:10

While we were God’s enemies, he made us his friends through the death of his Son. Surely, now that we are his friends, he will save us through his Son’s life.

Romans 5:8

But God shows his great love for us in this way: Christ died for us while we were still sinners.

Romans 8:32

He did not spare his own Son but gave him for us all. So with Jesus, God will surely give us all things.

Ephesians 2:4

But God’s mercy is great, and he loved us very much.

2 Thessalonians 2:16

May our Lord Jesus Christ himself and God our Father encourage you and strengthen you in every good thing you do and say. God loved us, and through his grace he gave us a good hope and encouragement that continues forever.

Titus 3:4

But when the kindness and love of God our Savior was shown,

Hebrews 2:9

But we see Jesus, who for a short time was made lower than the angels. And now he is wearing a crown of glory and honor because he suffered and died. And by God’s grace, he died for everyone.

1 John 3:1

The Father has loved us so much that we are called children of God. And we really are his children. The reason the people in the world do not know us is that they have not known him.

1 John 4:19

We love because God first loved us.

Revelation 1:5

and from Jesus Christ. Jesus is the faithful witness, the first among those raised from the dead. He is the ruler of the kings of the earth. He is the One who loves us, who made us free from our sins with the blood of his death.