(chapter 3, verse 16 of the Gospel Of John ) is one of the most widely quoted verses from the Christian Bible . It has been called the "Bible in a nutshell" because it is considered a summary of some of the most central doctrines of traditional Christianity :
'' — John 3:16 (KJV)
A typical interpretation of the verse might be as follows:
- ''For God so loved the world…'' — God is a God of love and this love motivates his action in the rest of the verse
- ''…that he gave…'' — God giving something to the world of humanity that He owned, His Son as a Sacrifice
- ''…his only begottenMost modern translations use "unique Son," "only Son," and the like, because the second root-word of is now understood to be ('' Genos '' "kind, type") rather than ("to beget, to father"); hence "only + kind" rather than "only + begotten." See discussion in Louw and Nida, ''A Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament Based on Semantic Domains,'' p. 591; Moulton and Milligan, ''The Vocabulary of the Greek new Testament,'' pp. 416–17; Bauer, Danker, Arndt and Gingrich, ''A Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature'' (2nd ed.), p. 527 (the Bauer Lexicon ). Son…'' — the Firstborn of all creation Jesus Of Nazareth is also the Son Of God .
- ''…that whosoever…'' — that
- ''…believeth…'' — being Saved is based on faith and trust in Jesus to save or Faith
- ''…in Him…'' — the belief being ''in'' Jesus, God's means of salvation for humanity
- ''…shall not perish…'' — implies the fate of those who do not believe: spiritual eternal death
- ''…but have everlasting life.'' — shows the reward of those who believe: eternal life
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