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“For God so loved , that he gave , that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have .”
John 3:16 — verse 4 of 5
World English Bible · public-domain Scripture
John 3:16 stays inside the John 3 reader. The surrounding passage remains visible while the study panel opens beside it, so reading and interpretation do not collapse into one layer.
Showing John 3:14–18 of 36 verses. Select any line to move the study dock; open the reader for the whole chapter.
The best-known verse in the Bible — and one of the most quoted out of context. “The world” (kosmos) is widely read as humanity in its estrangement, not the physical planet; most interpreters place the weight on the breadth of God’s love rather than a claim about who is finally saved, though that further question is itself debated across traditions.
John 3:16 presents God's love through giving his Son so that the believer does not perish but has eternal life; the verse belongs inside the chapter's larger movement from new birth and the lifted-up Son of Man to salvation, judgment, and light. It is often quoted as a stand-alone promise, but it lands within the Nicodemus discourse and should be read with John 3:14–21.
Greek manuscripts do not mark quotation boundaries. Editions and scholars differ on whether Jesus' speech continues after v.15.
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