11 Truly, truly, I say to you, (A)we speak of what we know and (B)testify of what we have seen, and (C)you people do not accept our testimony. 12 If I told you earthly things and you do not believe, how will you believe if I tell you heavenly things? 13 (D)No one has ascended into heaven, except (E)He who descended from heaven: (F)the Son of Man. 14 And just as (G)Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so must (H)the Son of Man (I)be lifted up, 15 so that everyone who [a]believes will (J)have eternal life in Him.

16 “For God so (K)loved the world, that He (L)gave His (M)only Son, so that everyone who (N)believes in Him will not perish, but have eternal life. 17 For God (O)did not send the Son into the world (P)to judge the world, but so that the world might be saved through Him. 18 (Q)The one who believes in Him is not judged; the one who does not believe has been judged already, because he has not believed in the name of (R)the only Son of God. 19 And this is the judgment, that (S)the Light has come into the world, and people loved the darkness rather than the Light; for (T)their deeds were evil. 20 (U)For everyone who does evil hates the Light, and does not come to the Light, so that his deeds will not be exposed. 21 But the one who (V)practices the truth comes to the Light, so that his deeds will be revealed [b]as having been performed in God.”

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  1. John 3:15 Or believes in Him will have eternal life
  2. John 3:21 Lit that they have been

11 Very truly I tell you, we speak of what we know,(A) and we testify to what we have seen, but still you people do not accept our testimony.(B) 12 I have spoken to you of earthly things and you do not believe; how then will you believe if I speak of heavenly things? 13 No one has ever gone into heaven(C) except the one who came from heaven(D)—the Son of Man.[a](E) 14 Just as Moses lifted up the snake in the wilderness,(F) so the Son of Man must be lifted up,[b](G) 15 that everyone who believes(H) may have eternal life in him.”[c](I)

16 For God so loved(J) the world that he gave(K) his one and only Son,(L) that whoever believes(M) in him shall not perish but have eternal life.(N) 17 For God did not send his Son into the world(O) to condemn the world, but to save the world through him.(P) 18 Whoever believes in him is not condemned,(Q) but whoever does not believe stands condemned already because they have not believed in the name of God’s one and only Son.(R) 19 This is the verdict: Light(S) has come into the world, but people loved darkness instead of light because their deeds were evil.(T) 20 Everyone who does evil hates the light, and will not come into the light for fear that their deeds will be exposed.(U) 21 But whoever lives by the truth comes into the light, so that it may be seen plainly that what they have done has been done in the sight of God.

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Footnotes

  1. John 3:13 Some manuscripts Man, who is in heaven
  2. John 3:14 The Greek for lifted up also means exalted.
  3. John 3:15 Some interpreters end the quotation with verse 21.