²⁴ So the law was our guardian until Christ came^(A) that we might be justified by faith.^(B)

¹³ No one has ever gone into heaven^(A) except the one who came from heaven^(B)—the Son of Man.^{[a](C) 14} Just as Moses lifted up the snake in the wilderness,^(D) so the Son of Man must be lifted up,^{[b](E) 15} that everyone who believes^(F) may have eternal life in him.”^[c](G)

¹⁶ For God so loved^(H) the world that he gave^(I) his one and only Son,^(J) that whoever believes^(K) in him shall not perish but have eternal life.^{(L) 17} For God did not send his Son into the world^(M) to condemn the world, but to save the world through him.^{(N) 18} Whoever believes in him is not condemned,^(O) but whoever does not believe stands condemned already because they have not believed in the name of God’s one and only Son.^{(P) 19} This is the verdict: Light^(Q) has come into the world, but people loved darkness instead of light because their deeds were evil.^{(R) 20} Everyone who does evil hates the light, and will not come into the light for fear that their deeds will be exposed.^{(S) 21} But whoever lives by the truth comes into the light, so that it may be seen plainly that what they have done has been done in the sight of God.

John Testifies About Jesus

²⁹ The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him and said, “Look, the Lamb of God,^(A) who takes away the sin of the world!^(B)

³⁸ “Therefore, my friends, I want you to know that through Jesus the forgiveness of sins is proclaimed to you.^{(A) 39} Through him everyone who believes^(B) is set free from every sin, a justification you were not able to obtain under the law of Moses.^(C)