Passage
John 3.16-17
Book: John · NASB95
Immediate context (±2 verses)
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ASV
14. And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of man be lifted up; 15. that whosoever believeth may in him have eternal life.
16. For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth on him should not perish, but have eternal life. 17. For God sent not the Son into the world to judge the world; but that the world should be saved through him.
- He that believeth on him is not judged: he that believeth not hath been judged already, because he hath not believed on the name of the only begotten Son of God. 19. And this is the judgment, that the light is come into the world, and men loved the darkness rather than the light; for their works were evil. (John 3:14-19, ASV)
WEB
14. As Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of Man be lifted up, 15. that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life.
16. For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life. 17. For God didn’t send his Son into the world to judge the world, but that the world should be saved through him.
- He who believes in him is not judged. He who doesn’t believe has been judged already, because he has not believed in the name of the one and only Son of God. 19. This is the judgment, that the light has come into the world, and men loved the darkness rather than the light; for their works were evil. (John 3:14-19, WEB)
KJV
14. And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of man be lifted up: 15. That whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have eternal life.
16. 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. 17. For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.
- He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God. 19. And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil. (John 3:14-19, KJV)
YLT
14. 'And as Moses did lift up the serpent in the wilderness, so it behoveth the Son of Man to be lifted up, 15. that every one who is believing in him may not perish, but may have life age-during,
16. for God did so love the world, that His Son, the only begotten, He gave, that every one who is believing in him may not perish, but may have life age-during. 17. For God did not send His Son to the world that he may judge the world, but that the world may be saved through him;
- he who is believing in him is not judged, but he who is not believing hath been judged already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God. 19. 'And this is the judgment, that the light hath come to the world, and men did love the darkness rather than the light, for their works were evil; (John 3:14-19, YLT)
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Setting
- Speaker: TBD
- Audience: TBD
- Location: TBD
- Time period: TBD
Theological reading
Patristic / early-church-father exegesis, to be added.
Key words
Theologically-loaded Greek or Hebrew words in this verse may have entries in the lexicon. Curated to roughly 100 contested terms across the corpus, not every word.
- G3439 - monogenes, monogenes, Strong's G3439
- G0166 - aionios, aionios, Strong's G0166
- G0622 - apollymi, apollymi, Strong's G0622
- G4982 - sozo, sozo, Strong's G4982
- G0025 - agapao, agapao, Strong's G0025
- G2222 - zoe, zoe, Strong's G2222
Quoted in
Arguments and defeaters:
- Allah Predestines Child to Hell Objection Defeater, via John 3.16
- Argument from Love, via John 3.16
- Argument from the Addressee of Gratitude, via John 3.16
- Argument from the Gift-Economy Convergence, via John 3.16
- Conditional Immortality from Text-First Method, via John 3.16
- Did Jesus Send Muhammad Dilemma Argument, via John 3.16
- Divine Hiddenness Objection Defeater, via John 3.16
- Free Will Argument from Love, via John 3.16
- God Created Me Knowing I Would Reject Him Objection Defeater, via John 3.16
- God Showed No Love in Eden Objection Defeater, via John 3.16
- Jesus is Not a Human Sacrifice (Defeater), via John 3.16
- Necessity of the Incarnation, via John 3.16
- OT vs NT God Objection Defeater, via John 3.16
- Unitarian Oneness Binitarian Objection Defeater, via John 3.16
Concepts:
- 100 Common Questions, via John 3.16
- 100 Verses of Compassion and God's Goodness, via John 3.16
- Abiogenesis Under the Microscope, via John 3.16
- Akedah, via John 3.16
- Arminianism, via John 3.16
- Atheism, via John 3.16
- Biblical Love, via John 3.16
- Calvinism vs Arminianism vs Molinism vs Open Theism, via John 3.16
- Christianity, via John 3.16
- Conditional Immortality, via John 3.16
- Divine Hiddenness, via John 3.16
- Faith, via John 3.16
- Free Will and Determinism, via John 3.16
- Gospel, via John 3.16
- Hell and Eternal Punishment, via John 3.16
- Jesus Said, via John 3
- Lordship Salvation, via John 3.16
- Monergism, via John 3.16
- Muslim Objections to the Divinity of Christ, via John 3.16
- OT vs NT God Objection, via John 3.16
- Penal Substitutionary Atonement, via John 3.16
- Preaching to Non-Believers, via John 3.1-21
- Predestination, via John 3.16
- Quick Objection Responses, via John 3.17
- Repentance, via John 3.16
- Salvation Exclusivity, via John 3.16
- Trinity, via John 3.16
- Trinity Common Objections, via John 3.16
- Young's Literal Translation, via John 3.16
People:
- Jacobus Arminius, via John 3.16
- Jesus, via John 3.16
Lexicon:
- G0025 - agapao, via John 3.16
- G0026 - agape, via John 3.16
- G0165 - aion, via John 3.16
- G0166 - aionios, via John 3.16
- G0487 - antallagma, via John 3.16
- G0622 - apollymi, via John 3.16
- G2222 - zoe, via John 3.16
- G2434 - hilasmos, via John 3.16
- G2889 - kosmos, via John 3.16
- G3439 - monogenes, via John 3.16
- G3956 - pas, via John 3.15-16, John 3.16
- G4100 - pisteuo, via John 3.16
- G4982 - sozo, via John 3.16, John 3.17
- G5207 - huios, via John 3.16
- H1121 - ben, via John 3.16
- H3173 - yachid, via John 3.16
- H5769 - olam, via John 3.16
Notes
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Why these four translations
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The four:
- ASV (American Standard Version, 1901). The basis of the modern critical-text English tradition.
- WEB (World English Bible, contemporary). Public-domain revision in the ASV line, in current English.
- KJV (King James Version, 1611). Reformation-era, Textus Receptus base.
- YLT (Young's Literal Translation, Robert Young, 1862). Hyper-literal preservation of Hebrew and Greek grammar; useful for word-study work even where English reads stiff.
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