John 3:16
For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that everyone who believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life.
Note Or only begotten or unique; also in verse 18
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only born Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life.
Note The phrase “only born” is from the Greek word “μονογενη”, which is sometimes translated “only begotten” or “one and only”.
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth on him should not perish, but have eternal life.
Topics God’s Love · Salvation · Eternal Life
Related passages
From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.
- God
- Luke 2:14; Romans 5:8; 2 Corinthians 5:19–21; Titus 3:4; 1 John 4:9, 10, 19
- gave
- John 1:14, 18; Genesis 22:12; Mark 12:6; Romans 5:10; Romans 8:32
- that whosoever
- John 3:15; Matthew 9:13; 1 Timothy 1:15, 16