John 3:15 KJV — MannaFest

John 3:15

That whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have eternal life.

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ASV

that whosoever believeth may in him have eternal life.

WEB

that everyone who believes in Him may have eternal life.

YLT

that every one who is believing in him may not perish, but may have life age-during,

DBT

that every one who believes on him may [not perish, but] have life eternal.

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John — The Gospel of sevens and signs. Seven signs, seven 'I AM' sayings, a prologue and an epilogue — written 'that ye might believe' (20:31).

Author: John the Apostle (2nd-century patristic attribution + internal claims)
Date: c. AD 85–95

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The Bronze SerpentAs Moses lifted up the serpent... even so must the Son of man be lifted up.

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49 verses on the floor

John 3:16
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.
Mark 16:16
He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned.
John 10:28
And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand.
John 20:31
But these are written, that ye might believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God; and that believing ye might have life through his name.
1 Timothy 2:4
Who will have all men to be saved, and to come unto the knowledge of the truth.

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(2.) As one that is justly condemned to die for an unpardonable crime is a dead man, he is dead in law; and, in reference to this part of our danger, Christ came to save as a prince or judge, publishing an act of indemnity, or general pardon, under certain provisos; this saving here is opposed to condemning,

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

Yet was the warrant in both cases to expect a cure equally rational and well grounded. As the serpent was God's ordinance for the cure of every bitten Israelite, so is Christ for the salvation of every perishing sinner--the one however a purely arbitrary ordinance, the other divinely adapted to man's complicated maladies.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871reformed

15 ), that Jesus Christ came to seek and to save the children of men from death, and recover them to life. Now sinners are dead men upon a twofold account:-- (1.) As one that is mortally wounded, or sick of an incurable disease, is said to be a dead man, for he is dying; and so Christ came to save us, by healing us, as the brazen serpent healed the Israelites,

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

That whosoever - He must be lifted up, that hereby he may purchase salvation for all believers: all those who look to him by faith recover spiritual health, even as all that looked at that serpent recovered bodily health.

John Wesley (NT Notes)· Explanatory Notes upon the Bible, 1765evangelical

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Two steps out along the cross-reference floor, votes-ranked — destinations reached by more than one path rise (the text's own hubs). Every stop is a page.

JHN 3:15JHN 3:16 ROM 5:8
JHN 3:15JHN 3:16 1JN 4:9-10
JHN 3:15JHN 3:16 ROM 8:32
JHN 3:15JHN 3:16 JHN 11:25-26
JHN 3:15JHN 3:16 JHN 6:40
JHN 3:15JHN 3:36 JHN 5:24
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
JHN 3:15JHN 3:36 JHN 1:12
JHN 3:15JHN 3:36 1TH 5:9

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