¹² But to all who did receive him, ^(A)who believed in his name, ^(B)he gave the right ^(C)to become ^(D)children of God,

For God So Loved the World

¹⁶ “For ^(A)God so loved ^(B)the world,^{[a] (C)}that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not ^(D)perish but have eternal life. ¹⁷ For ^(E)God did not send his Son into the world ^(F)to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him.

²⁵ Jesus said to her, ^(A)“I am the resurrection and ^(B)the life.^[a] Whoever believes in me, ^(C)though he die, ^(D)yet shall he live, ²⁶ and everyone who lives and believes in me ^(E)shall never die. Do you believe this?”

² and by which ^(A)you are being saved, if you ^(B)hold fast to the word I preached to you—^(C)unless you believed in vain.

³ For ^(D)I delivered to you as of first importance what I also received: that Christ died ^(E)for our sins ^(F)in accordance with the Scriptures, ⁴ that he was buried, that he was raised ^(G)on the third day ^(H)in accordance with the Scriptures,

¹⁸ knowing that you ^(A)were ransomed from ^(B)the futile ways inherited from your forefathers, not with perishable things such as silver or gold, ¹⁹ but ^(C)with the precious blood of Christ, like that of ^(D)a lamb ^(E)without blemish or spot. ²⁰ He was foreknown before the foundation of the world but ^(F)was made manifest ^(G)in the last times for the sake of you ^21 (H)who through him are believers in God, ^(I)who raised him from the dead and ^(J)gave him glory, so that your faith and hope are in God.

²² Having purified your souls by your obedience to the truth for ^(K)a sincere brotherly love, ^(L)love one another earnestly from a pure heart, ^23 (M)since you have been born again, ^(N)not of perishable seed but of imperishable, through ^(O)the living and abiding word of God; ²⁴ for

And this word ^(R)is the good news that was preached to you.

²¹ For ^(A)to this you have been called, ^(B)because Christ also suffered for you, ^(C)leaving you an example, so that you might follow in his steps. ^22 (D)He committed no sin, neither was deceit found in his mouth. ^23 (E)When he was reviled, he did not revile in return; when he suffered, he did not threaten, ^(F)but continued entrusting himself to him who judges justly. ^24 (G)He himself bore our sins in his body on the tree, that we ^(H)might die to sin and ^(I)live to righteousness. ^(J)By his wounds you have been healed.

¹⁰ In this is love, ^(A)not that we have loved God ^(B)but that he loved us and sent his Son to be ^(C)the propitiation for our sins.

^12 (A)Whoever has the Son has life; whoever does not have the Son of God does not have life.

That You May Know

¹³ I write ^(B)these things to you who ^(C)believe in the name of the Son of God, that you may know that you have eternal life.

⁵ and from Jesus Christ ^(A)the faithful witness, ^(B)the firstborn of the dead, and ^(C)the ruler of kings on earth.

To ^(D)him who loves us and ^(E)has freed us from our sins by his blood