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For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life.

John 3:16 · World English Bible

Where you find this verse

Why did Jesus have to die?→How can I be saved?→What does it mean that Jesus is the Son of God?→What does it mean to be born again?→Who is God the Father?→What is the gospel?→Can we really understand the Trinity?→Is the Son of Man title about judgment or mercy?→Does everyone deserve God's judgment?→What does it mean that God is love?→What is hell?→How does God's love differ from human love?→Is hell eternal punishment or annihilation?→How do I experience the love of God day to day?→How can I know God's affection for me is real and not just a doctrine?→How do I receive love when I don't feel lovable?→Did God choose me to be saved before I chose Him?→For whom did Christ die?→

From this verse, the Word reaches

A pattern ofNumbers 21:8-9

Just as the lifted bronze serpent brought life, the lifted Son of Man gives eternal life (John 3:14).

“Yahweh said to Moses, “Make a fiery serpent, and set it on a pole. It shall happen, that everyone who is bitten, when he sees it, shall live.” Moses made a serpent of brass, and set it on the pole. If a serpent had bitten any man, when he looked at the serpent of brass, he lived.”

The same thread1 John 4:9

'By this, God’s love was revealed in us: that God has sent his one and only Son into the world.'

“By this God’s love was revealed in us, that God has sent his one and only Son into the world that we might live through him.”

That reaches back to this verse

The same thread (this verse)Romans 5:8

God loved the world, so He gave His Son while we were still sinners.

“But God commends his own love toward us, in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.”

The same thread (this verse)1 John 3:1

God so loved: the same love that gave His Son makes us His children.

“See how great a love the Father has bestowed on us, that we should be called children of God! For this cause the world doesn’t know us, because it didn’t know him.”