John 3:16-17

For God So Loved the World

¹⁶ "For _h God so loved _i the world, _{1 j} that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not _k perish but have eternal life. ¹⁷ For _l God did not send his Son into the world _m to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him.

1. Cross References
   Romans 5:8
   But God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.
   Ephesians 2:4
   But God, being rich in mercy, because of the great love with which he loved us.
   2 Thessalonians 2:16
   Now may our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God our Father, who loved us and gave us eternal comfort and good hope through grace.
   1 John 3:1
   See what kind of love the Father has given to us, that we should be called children of God; and so we are. The reason why the world does not know us is that it did not know him.
   1 John 4:9 - 10
   In this the love of God was made manifest among us, that God sent his only Son into the world, so that we might live through him.
   
2. Cross References
   John 1:29
   The next day he saw Jesus coming toward him, and said, "Behold, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!
   
3. Cross References
   Romans 8:32
   He who did not spare his own Son but gave him up for us all, how will he not also with him graciously give us all things?
   
4. Cross References
   John 10:28
   I give them eternal life, and they will never perish, and no one will snatch them out of my hand.
   
5. Cross References
   John 5:36
   But the testimony that I have is greater than t...
   John 5:38
   And you do not have his word abiding in you, fo...
   John 6:29
   Jesus answered them, "This is the work of God, ...
   John 6:57
   As the living Father sent me, and I live becaus...
   John 7:29
   I know him, for I come from him, and he sent me.
   John 8:42
   Jesus said to them, "If God were your Father, y...
   John 10:36
   Do you say of him whom the Father consecrated a...
   John 11:42
   I knew that you always hear me, but I said this...
   John 17:3
   And this is eternal life, that they know you th...
   John 20:21
   Jesus said to them again, "Peace be with you. A...
   Romans 8:3
   For God has done what the law, weakened by the ...
   1 John 4:9 - 10
   In this the love of God was made manifest among...
   1 John 4:14
   And we have seen and testify that the Father ha...
   
6. Cross References
   John 5:45
   Do not think that I will accuse you to the Father. There is one who accuses you: Moses, on whom you have set your hope.
   John 8:15
   You judge according to the flesh; I judge no one.
   John 12:47
   If anyone hears my words and does not keep them, I do not judge him; for I did not come to judge the world but to save the world.