13 (A)No one has (B)ascended into heaven except (C)he who descended from heaven, the Son of Man.[a] 14 And (D)as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so must the Son of Man (E)be lifted up, 15 that whoever believes (F)in him (G)may have eternal life.[b]

For God So Loved the World

16 “For (H)God so loved (I)the world,[c] (J)that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not (K)perish but have eternal life. 17 For (L)God did not send his Son into the world (M)to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him.

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Footnotes

  1. John 3:13 Some manuscripts add who is in heaven
  2. John 3:15 Some interpreters hold that the quotation ends at verse 15
  3. John 3:16 Or For this is how God loved the world

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