John 3:15-18

You Must Be Born Again

15 that whoever believes f in him g may have eternal life. 1

For God So Loved the World

16 "For h God so loved i the world, 2 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. 18 n Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe is condemned already, because he has not o believed in the name of the only Son of God.

  1. Cross References
    John 15:4
    Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit by itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide in me.
    John 16:33
    I have said these things to you, that in me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation. But take heart; I have overcome the world.
    1 John 5:12
    Whoever has the Son has life; whoever does not have the Son of God does not have life.
    1 John 5:20
    And we know that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding, so that we may know him who is true; and we are in him who is true, in his Son Jesus Christ. He is the true God and eternal life.
  2. Cross References
    John 3:36
    Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life; whoever does not obey the Son shall not see life, but the wrath of God remains on him.
  3. 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.
  4. 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!
  5. 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?
  6. 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.
  7. 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...
  8. 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.
  9. Cross References
    John 5:24
    Truly, truly, I say to you, whoever hears my word and believes him who sent me has eternal life. He does not come into judgment, but has passed from death to life.
    Mark 16:16
    Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved, but whoever does not believe will be condemned.
  10. Cross References
    1 John 5:13
    I write these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God that you may know that you have eternal life.
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