13 (A)No one has (B)ascended into heaven except (C)he who descended from heaven, the Son of Man.[a] 14 And (D)as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so must the Son of Man (E)be lifted up, 15 that whoever believes (F)in him (G)may have eternal life.[b]

For God So Loved the World

16 “For (H)God so loved (I)the world,[c] (J)that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not (K)perish but have eternal life.

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Footnotes

  1. John 3:13 Some manuscripts add who is in heaven
  2. John 3:15 Some interpreters hold that the quotation ends at verse 15
  3. John 3:16 Or For this is how God loved the world

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