17 For the law was given through Moses;(A) grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.(B)

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17 For the law was given through Moses, but God’s unfailing love and faithfulness came through Jesus Christ.

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17 For the law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ.

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16 For God so loved(A) the world that he gave(B) his one and only Son,(C) that whoever believes(D) in him shall not perish but have eternal life.(E) 17 For God did not send his Son into the world(F) to condemn the world, but to save the world through him.(G) 18 Whoever believes in him is not condemned,(H) but whoever does not believe stands condemned already because they have not believed in the name of God’s one and only Son.(I)

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16 “For this is how God loved the world: He gave[a] his one and only Son, so that everyone who believes in him will not perish but have eternal life. 17 God sent his Son into the world not to judge the world, but to save the world through him.

18 “There is no judgment against anyone who believes in him. But anyone who does not believe in him has already been judged for not believing in God’s one and only Son.

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Footnotes

  1. 3:16 Or For God loved the world so much that he gave.

16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

17 For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.

18 He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.

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27 No, the Father himself loves you because you have loved me(A) and have believed that I came from God.(B)

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27 for the Father himself loves you dearly because you love me and believe that I came from God.[a]

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  1. 16:27 Some manuscripts read from the Father.

27 For the Father himself loveth you, because ye have loved me, and have believed that I came out from God.

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And hope(A) does not put us to shame, because God’s love(B) has been poured out into our hearts through the Holy Spirit,(C) who has been given to us.

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And this hope will not lead to disappointment. For we know how dearly God loves us, because he has given us the Holy Spirit to fill our hearts with his love.

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And hope maketh not ashamed; because the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost which is given unto us.

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But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.(A)

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But God showed his great love for us by sending Christ to die for us while we were still sinners.

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But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.

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