John 3:16

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

Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

15that whoever believes on him may not perish, but have eternal life.

17For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world, through him, might be saved.

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Cross References

Mark 12:6Therefore, having yet one son, his beloved, he sent him also to them last, saying, They will reverence my son.

John 1:14And the WORD became flesh, and tabernacled among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and of truth.

John 1:29The next day John saw Jesus coming to him, and said: Behold the Lamb of God, that takes away the sin of the world.

John 3:36He that believes on the Son has eternal life. But he that believes not the Son, shall not see life, but the wrath of God remains on him.

John 10:28and I give them eternal life; and they shall never perish, and no one shall take them out of my hand.

Matthew Henry on John 3:2-22

Christ's Interview with Nicodemus. 1 There was a man of the Pharisees, named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews: 2 The same came to Jesus by night, and said unto him, Rabbi, we know that thou art a teacher come from God: for no man can do these miracles that thou doest, except God be with him. 3 Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God. 4 Nicodemus saith unto him, How can a man be born when he is old? can he enter the second time… Read the whole commentary →

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