¹³ No one has ever gone into heaven^(A) except the one who came from heaven^(B)—the Son of Man.^{[a](C) 14} Just as Moses lifted up the snake in the wilderness,^(D) so the Son of Man must be lifted up,^{[b](E) 15} that everyone who believes^(F) may have eternal life in him.”^[c](G)

¹⁶ For God so loved^(H) the world that he gave^(I) his one and only Son,^(J) that whoever believes^(K) in him shall not perish but have eternal life.^{(L) 17} For God did not send his Son into the world^(M) to condemn the world, but to save the world through him.^{(N) 18} Whoever believes in him is not condemned,^(O) but whoever does not believe stands condemned already because they have not believed in the name of God’s one and only Son.^{(P) 19} This is the verdict: Light^(Q) has come into the world, but people loved darkness instead of light because their deeds were evil.^{(R) 20} Everyone who does evil hates the light, and will not come into the light for fear that their deeds will be exposed.^{(S) 21} But whoever lives by the truth comes into the light, so that it may be seen plainly that what they have done has been done in the sight of God.