^31 (A)but these are written so that you may ^(B)believe that Jesus is the Christ, ^(C)the Son of God, and that by believing ^(D)you may have life ^(E)in his name.

^43 (A)To him ^(B)all the prophets bear witness that ^(C)everyone who believes in him receives ^(D)forgiveness of sins ^(E)through his name.”

Overcoming the World

5 ^(A)Everyone who believes that ^(B)Jesus is the Christ has been born of God, and ^(C)everyone who loves the Father loves whoever has been born of him.

¹⁵ that whoever believes ^(A)in him ^(B)may have eternal life.^[a]

For God So Loved the World

¹⁶ “For ^(C)God so loved ^(D)the world,^{[b] (E)}that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not ^(F)perish but have eternal life.

²⁰ And we know that the Son of God has come and ^(A)has given us understanding, so that we may know ^(B)him who is true; and we are in him who is true, in his Son Jesus Christ. He is the true God and ^(C)eternal life.

¹⁰ Whoever believes in the Son of God ^(A)has the testimony in himself. Whoever does not believe God ^(B)has made him a liar, ^(C)because he has not believed in the testimony that God has borne concerning his Son. ¹¹ And this is the testimony, that God gave us ^(D)eternal life, and ^(E)this life is in his Son. ^12 (F)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 ^(G)these things to you who ^(H)believe in the name of the Son of God, that you may know that you have eternal life.

^36 (A)Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life; ^(B)whoever does not obey the Son shall not ^(C)see life, but the wrath of God remains on him.

⁹ Everyone who goes on ahead and does not abide in the teaching of Christ, ^(A)does not have God. Whoever abides in the teaching ^(B)has both the Father and the Son.

^15 (A)Whoever confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God abides in him, and he in God.