¹⁷ For the law was given through Moses;^(A) grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.^(B)

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) 17} For God did not send his Son into the world^(F) to condemn the world, but to save the world through him.^{(G) 18} Whoever believes in him is not condemned,^(H) but whoever does not believe stands condemned already because they have not believed in the name of God’s one and only Son.^(I)

²⁷ No, the Father himself loves you because you have loved me^(A) and have believed that I came from God.^(B)

⁵ And hope^(A) does not put us to shame, because God’s love^(B) has been poured out into our hearts through the Holy Spirit,^(C) who has been given to us.

⁸ But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.^(A)