11 Truly, truly, I say to you, (A)we speak of what we know, and bear witness to what we have seen, but (B)you[a] do not receive our testimony. 12 If I have told you earthly things and you do not believe, how can you believe if I tell you heavenly things? 13 (C)No one has (D)ascended into heaven except (E)he who descended from heaven, the Son of Man.[b] 14 And (F)as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so must the Son of Man (G)be lifted up, 15 that whoever believes (H)in him (I)may have eternal life.[c]

For God So Loved the World

16 “For (J)God so loved (K)the world,[d] (L)that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not (M)perish but have eternal life.

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Footnotes

  1. John 3:11 The Greek for you is plural here; also four times in verse 12
  2. John 3:13 Some manuscripts add who is in heaven
  3. John 3:15 Some interpreters hold that the quotation ends at verse 15
  4. John 3:16 Or For this is how God loved the world

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