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Yhn Intro C1 C2 C4 C5 C6 C7 C8 C9 C10 C11 C12 C13 C14 C15 C16 C17 C18 C19 C20 C21

Yhn 3 V1 V2 V3 V4 V5 V6 V7 V8 V9 V10 V11 V12 V13 V14 V15 V17 V18 V19 V20 V21 V22 V23 V24 V25 V26 V27 V28 V29 V30 V31 V32 V33 V34 V35 V36

Verse List for YHN 3:16

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Text critical issues=small word differences Clarity of original=clear Importance to us=vital Speaker(s)=Yeshua (All still tentative.)

OET (OET-RV) Because[fn] in that same way, God loves the people of the world enough to cause his only son to be born, and to give him to the world, so that everyone who believes that won’t die, but will go on to live forever.

OET-LV For/Because thus the god loved the world, so _that he _gave the the only _begotten son, in _order _that everyone which believing in him may_ not _perish, but may _be _having eternal life.

ULT For God so loved the world, that he gave his One and Only Son, so that everyone believing in him would not perish but would have eternal life.

UST This is because God loved the world’s people in this way, so that he gave his Unique Son in order that anyone who trusts in his Son would not die but would live forever.

BSB For God so loved the world that He gave [His] one and only[fn] Son, that everyone who believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life.

MSB For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only[fn] Son, that everyone who believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life.

BLB For God so loved the world that He gave the only begotten Son, so that everyone believing in Him should not perish, but should have eternal life.

AICNT For God so loved the world, that he gave {the}[fn] unique Son [[into the world]],[fn] so that everyone who believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.

OEB For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him may not be lost, but have eternal life.

CSB For God loved the world in this way: He gave his one and only Son, so that everyone who believes in him will not perish but have eternal life.

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

NIV 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

CEV God loved the people of this world so much that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who has faith in him will have eternal life and never really die.

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

NASB “For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish, but have eternal life.

LSB “For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish, but have eternal life.

2DT For God loved the Kosmos in such a way that he gave his only Son so everyone trusting in him may not be destroyed but have Era Life.

WEBBE & WMBB For God so loved the world, that he gave his only born[fn] Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life.

MSG ^(16-18)“This is how much God loved the world: He gave his Son, his one and only Son. And this is why: so that no one need be destroyed; by believing in him, anyone can have a whole and lasting life. God didn’t go to all the trouble of sending his Son merely to point an accusing finger, telling the world how bad it was. He came to help, to put the world right again. Anyone who trusts in him is acquitted; anyone who refuses to trust him has long since been under the death sentence without knowing it. And why? Because of that person’s failure to believe in the one-of-a-kind Son of God when introduced to him.

NET For this is the way God loved the world: He gave his one and only Son, so that everyone who believes in him will not perish but have eternal life.

LSV for God so loved the world that He gave the only begotten Son, that everyone who is believing in Him may not perish, but may have continuous life.

FBV For God loved the world, and this is how:[fn] he gave his one and only Son, so that everyone who trusts in him shouldn't die, but have eternal life.

TCNT “For God loved the world in this way: He gave his one and only Son, so that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.

T4T God loved us people [MTY] in the world so much that he gave his only Son as a sacrifice for us, in order that everyone who believes in him would not be separated from God forever. Instead, they would have eternal life.

LEB ¶  For in this way God loved the world, so that he gave his one and only Son, in order that everyone who believes in him will not perish, but will have eternal life.

NRSV “For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him may not perish but may have eternal life.

NKJV For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.

TLB For God loved the world so much that he gave his only^† Son so that anyone who believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.

NAB For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him might not perish but might have eternal life.

BBE For God had such love for the world that he gave his only Son, so that whoever has faith in him may not come to destruction but have eternal life.

Moff For God loved the world so dearly that he gave up his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him may have eternal life, instead of perishing.

Wymth For so greatly did God love the world that He gave His only Son, that every one who trusts in Him may not perish but may have the Life of Ages.

ASV 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.

DRA For 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.

YLT for 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.

Drby For [fn]God so loved the world, that he gave his only-begotten Son, that whosoever believes on him may not perish, but have life eternal.

RV 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.
(For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth/believes on him should not perish, but have eternal life.)

SLT For God so loved the world, that he gave his only born Son, that every one believing in him perish not, but have eternal life.

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

KJB-1769 ¶ 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 begotten Son, that whosoever believeth/believes in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.)

KJB-1611 ¶ For God so loued y^e world, that he gaue his only begotten Sonne: that whosoeuer beleeueth in him, should not perish, but haue euerlasting life.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation)

Bshps For God so loued the worlde, that he gaue his only begotten sonne, that whosoeuer beleueth in hym, shoulde not perishe, but haue euerlastyng lyfe.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from capitalisation and punctuation)

Gnva For God so loued the worlde, that hee hath giuen his onely begotten Sonne, that whosoeuer beleeueth in him, should not perish, but haue euerlasting life.
(For God so loved the world, that he hath/has given his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth/believes in him, should not perish, but have everlasting life.)

Cvdl For God so loued the worlde, that he gaue his onely sonne, that who so euer beleueth in hi, shulde not perishe, but haue euerlastinge life.
(For God so loved the world, that he gave his only son, that whoso/whoever ever believeth/believes in hi, should not perish, but have everlasting life.)

TNT For God so loveth the worlde that he hath geven his only sonne that none that beleve in him shuld perisshe: but shuld have everlastinge lyfe.
(For God so loveth/loves the world that he hath/has given his only son that none that believe in him should perish: but should have everlasting life.)

Wycl For God louede so the world, that he yaf his `oon bigetun sone, that ech man that bileueth in him perische not, but haue euerlastynge lijf.
(For God loved so the world, that he gave his one begotten son, that each man that believeth/believes in him perish not, but have everlasting life.)

Luth Also hat GOtt die Welt geliebet, daß er seinen eingeborenen Sohn gab, auf daß alle, die an ihn glauben, nicht verloren werden, sondern das ewige Leben haben.
(So has God the world loved, that he his native_born son gave, on/in/to that all, the at/to him/it believe, not lost become, rather the eternal life have.)

ClVg Sic enim Deus dilexit mundum, ut Filium suum unigenitum daret: ut omnis qui credit in eum, non pereat, sed habeat vitam æternam.[fn]
(So because God he_loved the_world, as Son his_own only_born would_give: as everyone who/which he_believes in/into/on him, not/no pereat, but have life eternal.)

SR-GNT Οὕτως γὰρ ἠγάπησεν ὁ ˚Θεὸς τὸν κόσμον, ὥστε τὸν Υἱὸν τὸν μονογενῆ ἔδωκεν, ἵνα πᾶς ὁ πιστεύων εἰς αὐτὸν μὴ ἀπόληται, ἀλλʼ ἔχῃ ζωὴν αἰώνιον. ‡

UGNT οὕτως γὰρ ἠγάπησεν ὁ Θεὸς τὸν κόσμον, ὥστε τὸν Υἱὸν τὸν μονογενῆ ἔδωκεν, ἵνα πᾶς ὁ πιστεύων εἰς αὐτὸν μὴ ἀπόληται, ἀλλ’ ἔχῃ ζωὴν αἰώνιον.

SBL-GNT Οὕτως γὰρ ἠγάπησεν ὁ θεὸς τὸν κόσμον ὥστε τὸν ⸀υἱὸν τὸν μονογενῆ ἔδωκεν, ἵνα πᾶς ὁ πιστεύων εἰς αὐτὸν μὴ ἀπόληται ἀλλὰ ἔχῃ ζωὴν αἰώνιον.

RP-GNT Οὕτως γὰρ ἠγάπησεν ὁ θεὸς τὸν κόσμον, ὥστε τὸν υἱὸν αὐτοῦ τὸν μονογενῆ ἔδωκεν, ἵνα πᾶς ὁ πιστεύων εἰς αὐτὸν μὴ ἀπόληται, ἀλλ' ἔχῃ ζωὴν αἰώνιον.

TC-GNT Οὕτω γὰρ ἠγάπησεν ὁ Θεὸς τὸν κόσμον, ὥστε τὸν υἱὸν [fn]αὐτοῦ τὸν μονογενῆ ἔδωκεν, ἵνα πᾶς ὁ πιστεύων εἰς αὐτὸν μὴ ἀπόληται, [fn]ἀλλ᾽ ἔχῃ ζωὴν αἰώνιον.