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36 And anyone who believes in God’s Son has eternal life. Anyone who doesn’t obey the Son will never experience eternal life but remains under God’s angry judgment.”

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36 Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life,(A) but whoever rejects the Son will not see life, for God’s wrath remains on them.

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24 “I tell you the truth, those who listen to my message and believe in God who sent me have eternal life. They will never be condemned for their sins, but they have already passed from death into life.

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24 “Very truly I tell you, whoever hears my word and believes him who sent me(A) has eternal life(B) and will not be judged(C) but has crossed over from death to life.(D)

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Don’t be fooled by those who try to excuse these sins, for the anger of God will fall on all who disobey him.

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Let no one deceive you(A) with empty words, for because of such things God’s wrath(B) comes on those who are disobedient.(C)

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15 so that everyone who believes in him will have eternal life.[a]

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

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  1. 3:15 Or everyone who believes will have eternal life in him.
  2. 3:16 Or For God loved the world so much that he gave.

15 that everyone who believes(A) may have eternal life in him.”[a](B)

16 For God so loved(C) the world that he gave(D) his one and only Son,(E) that whoever believes(F) in him shall not perish but have eternal life.(G)

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  1. John 3:15 Some interpreters end the quotation with verse 21.

10 All who believe in the Son of God know in their hearts that this testimony is true. Those who don’t believe this are actually calling God a liar because they don’t believe what God has testified about his Son.

11 And this is what God has testified: He has given us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. 12 Whoever has the Son has life; whoever does not have God’s Son does not have life.

Conclusion

13 I have written this to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, so that you may know you have eternal life.

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10 Whoever believes in the Son of God accepts this testimony.(A) Whoever does not believe God has made him out to be a liar,(B) because they have not believed the testimony God has given about his Son. 11 And this is the testimony: God has given us eternal life,(C) and this life is in his Son.(D) 12 Whoever has the Son has life; whoever does not have the Son of God does not have life.(E)

Concluding Affirmations

13 I write these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God(F) so that you may know that you have eternal life.(G)

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12 But to all who believed him and accepted him, he gave the right to become children of God.

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

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For God chose to save us through our Lord Jesus Christ, not to pour out his anger on us.

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For God did not appoint us to suffer wrath(A) but to receive salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ.(B)

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17 This Good News tells us how God makes us right in his sight. This is accomplished from start to finish by faith. As the Scriptures say, “It is through faith that a righteous person has life.”[a]

God’s Anger at Sin

18 But God shows his anger from heaven against all sinful, wicked people who suppress the truth by their wickedness.[b]

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Footnotes

  1. 1:17 Or “The righteous will live by faith.” Hab 2:4.
  2. 1:18 Or who, by their wickedness, prevent the truth from being known.

17 For in the gospel the righteousness of God is revealed(A)—a righteousness that is by faith(B) from first to last,[a] just as it is written: “The righteous will live by faith.”[b](C)

God’s Wrath Against Sinful Humanity

18 The wrath of God(D) is being revealed from heaven against all the godlessness and wickedness of people, who suppress the truth by their wickedness,

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  1. Romans 1:17 Or is from faith to faith
  2. Romans 1:17 Hab. 2:4

And since we have been made right in God’s sight by the blood of Christ, he will certainly save us from God’s condemnation.

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Since we have now been justified(A) by his blood,(B) how much more shall we be saved from God’s wrath(C) through him!

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Jesus replied, “I tell you the truth, unless you are born again,[a] you cannot see the Kingdom of God.”

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  1. 3:3 Or born from above; also in 3:7.

Jesus replied, “Very truly I tell you, no one can see the kingdom of God unless they are born again.[a](A)

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  1. John 3:3 The Greek for again also means from above; also in verse 7.

14 If we love our brothers and sisters who are believers,[a] it proves that we have passed from death to life. But a person who has no love is still dead. 15 Anyone who hates another brother or sister[b] is really a murderer at heart. And you know that murderers don’t have eternal life within them.

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  1. 3:14 Greek the brothers; similarly in 3:16.
  2. 3:15 Greek hates his brother.

14 We know that we have passed from death to life,(A) because we love each other. Anyone who does not love remains in death.(B) 15 Anyone who hates a brother or sister(C) is a murderer,(D) and you know that no murderer has eternal life residing in him.(E)

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“But cowards, unbelievers, the corrupt, murderers, the immoral, those who practice witchcraft, idol worshipers, and all liars—their fate is in the fiery lake of burning sulfur. This is the second death.”

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But the cowardly, the unbelieving, the vile, the murderers, the sexually immoral, those who practice magic arts, the idolaters and all liars(A)—they will be consigned to the fiery lake of burning sulfur.(B) This is the second death.”(C)

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51 I tell you the truth, anyone who obeys my teaching will never die!”

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51 Very truly I tell you, whoever obeys my word will never see death.”(A)

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