16 “For God loved(A) the world in this way:[a] He gave His One and Only(B) Son,(C) so that everyone who believes in Him will not perish but have eternal life.(D)

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  1. John 3:16 The Gk word houtos, commonly translated in Jn 3:16 as “so” or “so much” occurs over 200 times in the NT. Almost without exception it is an adverb of manner, not degree (for example, see Mt 1:18). It only means “so much” when modifying an adjective (see Gl 3:3; Rv 16:18). Manner seems primarily in view in Jn 3:16, which explains the HCSB‘s rendering.

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)

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But God proves(A) His own love for us(B) in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for 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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13 No one has greater love than this, that someone would lay down his life(A) for his friends.

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13 Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one’s life for one’s friends.(A)

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He saved us(A)
not by works of righteousness that we had done,(B)
but according to His mercy,(C)
through the washing of regeneration(D)
and renewal by the Holy Spirit.(E)

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he saved us,(A) not because of righteous things we had done,(B) but because of his mercy.(C) He saved us through the washing(D) of rebirth and renewal(E) by the Holy Spirit,

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He has saved us and called us
with a holy calling,(A)
not according to our works,(B)
but according to His own purpose(C) and grace,
which was given to us in Christ Jesus
before time began.

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He has saved(A) us and called(B) us to a holy life—not because of anything we have done(C) but because of his own purpose and grace. This grace was given us in Christ Jesus before the beginning of time,

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10 I declare the end from the beginning,
and from long ago what is not yet done,
saying: My plan will take place,
and I will do all My will.(A)

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10 I make known the end from the beginning,(A)
    from ancient times,(B) what is still to come.(C)
I say, ‘My purpose will stand,(D)
    and I will do all that I please.’

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23 Though He was delivered up according to God’s determined plan and foreknowledge, you used[a] lawless people[b] to nail Him to a cross and kill Him.(A)

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  1. Acts 2:23 Other mss read you have taken
  2. Acts 2:23 Or used the hand of lawless ones

23 This man was handed over to you by God’s deliberate plan and foreknowledge;(A) and you, with the help of wicked men,[a] put him to death by nailing him to the cross.(B)

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  1. Acts 2:23 Or of those not having the law (that is, Gentiles)

11 We have also received an inheritance[a] in Him, predestined(A) according to the purpose of the One who works out everything in agreement with the decision of His will,

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  1. Ephesians 1:11 Or we also were chosen as an inheritance, or we were also made an inheritance

11 In him we were also chosen,[a] having been predestined(A) according to the plan of him who works out everything in conformity with the purpose(B) of his will,

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  1. Ephesians 1:11 Or were made heirs

21 For since, in God’s wisdom, the world did not know God through wisdom, God was pleased to save those who believe through the foolishness of the message preached.

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21 For since in the wisdom of God the world(A) through its wisdom did not know him, God was pleased through the foolishness of what was preached to save(B) those who believe.(C)

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15 This saying is trustworthy(A) and deserving of full acceptance: “Christ Jesus came into the world(B) to save sinners”(C)—and I am the worst of them.(D)

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15 Here is a trustworthy saying(A) that deserves full acceptance: Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners(B)—of whom I am the worst.

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who wants everyone(A) to be saved(B) and to come to the knowledge of the truth.(C)

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who wants(A) all people(B) to be saved(C) and to come to a knowledge of the truth.(D)

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For God did not appoint us to wrath, but to obtain salvation through our Lord(A) Jesus Christ,(B) 10 who died for us,(C) so that whether we are awake or asleep,(D) we will live together with Him.(E)

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For God did not appoint us to suffer wrath(A) but to receive salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ.(B) 10 He died for us so that, whether we are awake or asleep, we may live together with him.(C)

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24 He Himself bore our sins(A)
in His body(B) on the tree,(C)
so that, having died to sins,(D)
we might live for righteousness;(E)
you have been healed by His wounds.(F)[a]

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24 “He himself bore our sins”(A) in his body on the cross,(B) so that we might die to sins(C) and live for righteousness; “by his wounds you have been healed.”(D)

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