“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.”

Reading this verse in context

This page shows one verse on its own, which is rarely how it was written. John 3 contains 36 verses, and the sentences either side usually decide what this one means. Read the whole chapter before you quote it.

Text: World English Bible, Protestant edition (engwebp), eBible.org — public domain.