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OET (OET-RV) so that everyone who believes in him won’t die, but will live forever.[fn]
3:15 See http://bibleandtech.blogspot.com/2021/03/john-314-21-translation-and-commentary.html
OET-LV in_order_that everyone which believing in him may_be_having eternal life.
SR-GNT ἵνα πᾶς ὁ πιστεύων ἐν αὐτῷ ἔχῃ ζωὴν αἰώνιον. ‡
(hina pas ho pisteuōn en autōi eⱪaʸ zōaʸn aiōnion.)
Key: khaki:verbs, light-green:nominative/subject, orange:accusative/object, cyan:dative/indirect object.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the OET-RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).
ULT so that everyone believing in him may have eternal life.
UST They will lift me up so that whoever looks up and trusts in me will live forever with me in heaven.
BSB that everyone who believes in Him may have eternal life.[fn]
3:15 Or everyone who believes may have eternal life in Him.
BLB so that everyone believing in Him may have eternal life.
AICNT so that everyone who believes in him may [[not perish but]][fn] have eternal life.
3:15, not perish but: Some manuscripts include. 𝔓63 A(02) Latin(b e ff2 ) BYZ TR
OEB so that everyone who believes in him may have eternal life.’
CSB so that everyone who believes in him may have eternal life.
NLT so that everyone who believes in him will have eternal life.
NIV that everyone who believes may have eternal life in him.”
CEV Then everyone who has faith in the Son of Man will have eternal life.
ESV that whoever believes in him may have eternal life.
NASB so that whoever believes will in Him have eternal life.
LSB so that whoever believes will in Him have eternal life.
WEBBE that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life.
WMBB (Same as above)
MSG (13-15)“No one has ever gone up into the presence of God except the One who came down from that Presence, the Son of Man. In the same way that Moses lifted the serpent in the desert so people could have something to see and then believe, it is necessary for the Son of Man to be lifted up—and everyone who looks up to him, trusting and expectant, will gain a real life, eternal life.
NET so that everyone who believes in him may have eternal life.”
LSV that everyone who is believing in Him may not perish, but may have continuous life,
FBV that everyone who trusts in him will have eternal life.
TCNT so that everyone who believes in him should [fn]not perish but have eternal life.
3:15 not perish but ¦ — CT
T4T As a result, everyone who believes/trusts in me will have eternal life.”
LEB so that everyone who believes in him will have eternal life.”[fn]
¶
3:15 Some interpreters and Bible translations extend the quotation of Jesus’ words through v. 21
NRSV that whoever believes in him may have eternal life.
NKJV that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have eternal life.
NAB so that everyone who believes in him may have eternal life.”
BBE So that whoever has faith may have in him eternal life.
Moff No Moff YHN (JHN) book available
Wymth in order that every one who trusts in Him may have the Life of the Ages."
ASV that whosoever believeth may in him have eternal life.
DRA That whosoever believeth in him, may not perish; but may have life everlasting.
YLT that every one who is believing in him may not perish, but may have life age-during,
Drby that every one who believes on him may [not perish, but] have life eternal.
RV that whosoever believeth may in him have eternal life.
Wbstr That whoever believeth in him should not perish, but have eternal life.
KJB-1769 That whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have eternal life.
KJB-1611 That whosoeuer beleeueth in him, should not perish, but haue eternall life.
(That whosoever believes in him, should not perish, but have eternall life.)
Bshps That whosoeuer beleueth in hym, perishe not, but haue eternall lyfe.
(That whosoever believes in him, perish not, but have eternall life.)
Gnva That whosoeuer beleeueth in him, shoulde not perish, but haue eternall life.
(That whosoever believes in him, should not perish, but have eternall life. )
Cvdl that who so euer beleueth in him, shulde not perish, but haue euerlastinge life.
(that who so ever believes in him, should not perish, but have everlasting life.)
TNT that none that beleveth in him perisshe: but have eternall lyfe.
(that none that believeth in him perish: but have eternall life. )
Wyc that ech man that bileueth in hym, perische not, but haue euerlastynge lijf.
(that each man that believes in him, perish not, but have everlasting life.)
Luth auf daß alle, die an ihn glauben, nicht verloren werden, sondern das ewige Leben haben.
(auf that all, the at him/it believe, not lost become, rather the eternal life have.)
ClVg ut omnis qui credit in ipsum, non pereat, sed habeat vitam æternam.
(ut everyone who he_believes in ipsum, not/no pereat, but have life eternal. )
UGNT ἵνα πᾶς ὁ πιστεύων ἐν αὐτῷ ἔχῃ ζωὴν αἰώνιον.
(hina pas ho pisteuōn en autōi eⱪaʸ zōaʸn aiōnion.)
SBL-GNT ἵνα πᾶς ὁ πιστεύων ⸂ἐν αὐτῷ⸃ ἔχῃ ζωὴν αἰώνιον.
(hina pas ho pisteuōn ⸂en autōi⸃ eⱪaʸ zōaʸn aiōnion.)
TC-GNT ἵνα πᾶς ὁ πιστεύων [fn]εἰς αὐτὸν [fn]μὴ ἀπόληται, ἀλλ᾽ ἔχῃ ζωὴν αἰώνιον.
(hina pas ho pisteuōn eis auton maʸ apolaʸtai, all eⱪaʸ zōaʸn aiōnion. )
Key for above GNTs: yellow:punctuation differs, red:words differ (from our SR-GNT base).
3:14-15 Jesus was lifted up on the cross so that all people could understand the way of salvation, look to him in faith, and have eternal life.
“Belief” in the Gospel of John
Believing occupies a central place in John’s Gospel. John does not use the noun faith that appears frequently elsewhere in the New Testament (e.g., see Matt 8:8-10; Mark 11:22; Acts 20:21; Rom 1:17; 3:27-31; 4:3-5; Heb 11:1-39; Jas 2:14-24; 1 Pet 1:5-7). John prefers the verb believe to underscore that faith is not simply a static dogma, but is dynamic, requiring action. In John’s Gospel, “believing” in Jesus is the trait of all true disciples.
In the Gospel of John, the verb translated “believe” is often followed by the Greek preposition eis (“into”). No parallel exists for this combination in ancient Greek usage. For John, faith is not a status, but an investment in the person of Jesus. Faith means accepting who Jesus is and what he claims to be. Faith constitutes a commitment to let his call change the way we live. Faith is the work God wants from us (John 6:29), demonstrated as we abide in Jesus’ word, as we love him, and as we obey his commands (John 8:31; 15:1-17; see 1 Jn 5:10).
Passages for Further Study
Gen 15:6; Isa 28:16; Mark 1:15; 9:23-24; John 1:12-13; 3:10-18; 5:24; 6:35-36; 7:38; 9:35-38; 11:25-27; 12:37; 20:25-31; Acts 10:43; 13:39; Rom 1:16; 10:9-10; Heb 4:3
Note 1 topic: grammar-connect-logic-goal
ἵνα
in_order_that
Here, so that indicates that Jesus is stating the purpose for which he would be crucified. In your translation, follow the conventions of your language for purpose clauses. Alternate translation (without a comma preceding): “in order that”