16For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life.


In Context

13 No one has ascended into heaven, but he who descended out of heaven, the Son of Man, who is in heaven.

14 As Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of Man be lifted up,

15 that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life.

16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life.

17 For God didn't send his Son into the world to judge the world, but that the world should be saved through him.

18 He who believes in him is not judged. He who doesn't believe has been judged already, because he has not believed in the name of the one and only Son of God.

John 3:16 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

3:16For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

3:16"For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

3:16For God so loved the world, as to give his only begotten Son; that whosoever believeth in him, may not perish, but may have life everlasting.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

3:16For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth on him should not perish, but have eternal life.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:16For God so loved the world, that he gave his only-begotten Son, that whosoever believes on him may not perish, but have life eternal.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

3:16For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth on him should not perish, but have eternal life.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:16For God so loved the world, that he gave his only-begotten Son, that whoever believeth in him, should not perish, but have everlasting life.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

3:16for God did so love the world, that His Son — the only begotten — He gave, that every one who is believing in him may not perish, but may have life age-during.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

3:16For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.