14 And just as (A)Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so must (B)the Son of Man (C)be lifted up, 15 so that everyone who [a]believes will (D)have eternal life in Him.

16 “For God so (E)loved the world, that He (F)gave His (G)only Son, so that everyone who (H)believes in Him will not perish, but have eternal life. 17 For God (I)did not send the Son into the world (J)to judge the world, but so that the world might be saved through Him. 18 (K)The one who believes in Him is not judged; the one who does not believe has been judged already, because he has not believed in the name of (L)the only Son of God.

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  1. John 3:15 Or believes in Him will have eternal life

14 Just as Moses lifted up the snake in the wilderness,(A) so the Son of Man must be lifted up,[a](B) 15 that everyone who believes(C) may have eternal life in him.”[b](D)

16 For God so loved(E) the world that he gave(F) his one and only Son,(G) that whoever believes(H) in him shall not perish but have eternal life.(I) 17 For God did not send his Son into the world(J) to condemn the world, but to save the world through him.(K) 18 Whoever believes in him is not condemned,(L) but whoever does not believe stands condemned already because they have not believed in the name of God’s one and only Son.(M)

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Footnotes

  1. John 3:14 The Greek for lifted up also means exalted.
  2. John 3:15 Some interpreters end the quotation with verse 21.