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

²⁸ So we are made right with God through faith and not by obeying the law.

⁵ But people are counted as righteous, not because of their work, but because of their faith in God who forgives sinners.

⁸ God saved you by his grace when you believed. And you can’t take credit for this; it is a gift from God.

⁹ Salvation is not a reward for the good things we have done, so none of us can boast about it.

⁸ If we claim we have no sin, we are only fooling ourselves and not living in the truth. ⁹ But if we confess our sins to him, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all wickedness.