14 “Just as Moses(A) lifted up the snake in the wilderness,(B) so the Son of Man must be lifted up, 15 so that everyone who believes in him may[a] have eternal life.(C) 16 For God loved(D) the world in this way:[b] He gave[c] his one and only(E) Son,(F) so that everyone who believes in him will not perish but have eternal life.(G)

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  1. 3:15 Other mss add not perish, but
  2. 3:16 Or this much
  3. 3:16 Or For in this way God loved the world, and so he gave, or For God so loved the world that he gave

14 Just as Moses lifted up the snake in the wilderness,(A) so the Son of Man must be lifted up,[a](B) 15 that everyone who believes(C) may have eternal life in him.”[b](D)

16 For God so loved(E) the world that he gave(F) his one and only Son,(G) that whoever believes(H) in him shall not perish but have eternal life.(I)

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  1. John 3:14 The Greek for lifted up also means exalted.
  2. John 3:15 Some interpreters end the quotation with verse 21.

14 And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of man be lifted up:

15 That whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have eternal life.

16 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.

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