John 3:14-16

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John 3:14-16 Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

¹⁴Just as Moses lifted up the snake in the wilderness, so the Son of Man must be lifted up, ¹⁵so that everyone who believes in Him will^[a] have eternal life.

¹⁶“For God loved the world in this way:^[b] He gave His One and Only Son, so that everyone who believes in Him will not perish but have eternal life.

Footnotes:

John 3:15 Other mss add not perish, but
John 3:16 The Gk word houtos, commonly translated in Jn 3:16 as “so” or “so much” occurs over 200 times in the NT. Almost without exception it is an adverb of manner, not degree (for example, see Mt 1:18). It only means “so much” when modifying an adjective (see Gl 3:3; Rv 16:18). Manner seems primarily in view in Jn 3:16, which explains the HCSB‘s rendering.