John 3:13-17
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
13 No one has ascended into heaven except the one who descended from heaven, the Son of Man.[a](A) 14 And just as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so must the Son of Man be lifted up,(B) 15 that whoever believes in him may have eternal life.[b](C)
16 “For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him may not perish but may have eternal life.(D)
17 “Indeed, God did not send the Son into the world to condemn the world but in order that the world might be saved through him.(E)
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John 3:13-17
Contemporary English Version
13 (A) No one has gone up to heaven except the Son of Man, who came down from there. 14 (B) And the Son of Man must be lifted up, just as the metal snake was lifted up by Moses in the desert.[a] 15 Then everyone who has faith in the Son of Man will have eternal life.
16 God loved the people of this world so much that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who has faith in him will have eternal life and never really die. 17 God did not send his Son into the world to condemn its people. He sent him to save them!
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- 3.14 just as the metal snake was lifted up by Moses in the desert: When the Lord punished the people of Israel by sending snakes to bite them, he told Moses to hold a metal snake up on a pole. Everyone who looked at the snake was cured of the snake bites (see Numbers 21.4-9).
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