Saturday, December 17, 2011

Celebrating the Story: John 3:16

John 3:16

Common English Bible: God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him won’t perish but will have eternal life.

Revised English Bible: God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, that everyone who has faith in him may not perish but have eternal life.

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

Living Bible: For God loved the world so much that he gave his only Son so that anyone who believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.

New American Standard Bible: "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.

King James: 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.

New Living Translation: "For God loved the world so much that he gave his one and only Son, so that everyone who believes in him will not perish but have eternal life.

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

New International Version: 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.

New King James: 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.

The Message: 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's Word: God loved the world this way: He gave his only Son so that everyone who believes in him will not die but will have eternal life.

American Standard Version: 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.

Weymouth: 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.

Good News Translation: For God loved the world so much that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him may not die but have eternal life.

Amplified Bible: For God so greatly loved and dearly prized the world that He [even] gave up His only begotten (unique) Son, so that whoever believes in (trusts in, clings to, relies on) Him shall not perish (come to destruction, be lost) but have eternal (everlasting) life.

Holman Christian Standard Bible: "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.

Contemporary English Version: 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. 

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