John 3:16

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.

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.