For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him, shall not perish, but have everlasting life.
For - for what....because of what God has done in the past , and what we as sinful people continue to do... that's why.
God - how big is that? The meaning of the great I AM? You could unpack that forever.
So - not just a little loved, but SO loved...
Loved - God's love is unconditional, not like ours, it never changes.
the - not just any, but THE
world - who, those whom He called....
that -
He - who is He, the Creator of the Heavens and Earth!
gave - freely on His own terms, receiving nothing from us in return.
His -
....
everlasting - eternity is mind boggling! I cannot fathom time with no beginning and no end.
life - what is life? Not just breathing, but abundant life that knows pain and sorrow and can triumph through that with Hope in Christ.
......You get the point. Think about each word of the verse. I didn't do every word here but typed all of this without much thought ahead of time.
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But does it say "those whom he called" or "the world?"
I have gotten very "picky" about this verse lately. I bought some bookmarks in a Christian book store, and did not realize until too late how they translated/interpreted this verse. They stated "God gave his one and only Son"- leaving out the theologically significant "begotten." As in "begotten not made." And ruling out that God has other Sons - through adoption. Translations scare me.
“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life." This the ESV translation and it is actually my favorite translation of the Bible.
I love this verse in KJV because of the word "begotten". We are children of God through the reconciliation of Christ - Christ who is God, the Creator of all universe.
John 1:12 "But to all who did receive him, who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God,"
This is not of our own doing, but His.
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