Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version
Book of John
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Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 3:16 DSN -> Synopsis on 3:16 GEB -> Study Notes on 3:16 GSB -> Study Notes on 3:16 JFB -> Commentary on 3:16 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 3:16 PNT -> Commentary on 3:16 RWP -> Study Notes on 3:16 SRN -> Study Notes on 3:16 TFG -> Commentary on 3:16 TSK -> Commentary on 3:16 TSK -> Entry for 3:16 WEN -> Notes on 3:16 NTB -> Condescension Of God; Faith; Gifts From God; God (continued); Immortality; Jesus, The Christ; Jesus, The Christ (continued); Life; Righteous; Salvation; Wicked (People) TTT -> Anger of God, The; Christ is God; Compassion and Sympathy of Christ, The; Death, Eternal; Faith; Fall of Man, The; Gifts of God, The; Life, Eternal; Love of God, The; Redemption; Salvation EBD -> Atonement; Call; Faith; Life; Nicodemus UTM -> Devotional using 3:16 TV -> Devotional using 3:16 TV -> Devotional using 3:16 TV -> Devotional using 3:16 TV -> Devotional using 3:16 TV -> Devotional using 3:16 WJD -> Devotional using 3:16 TV -> Devotional using 3:16 TV -> Devotional using 3:16 WJD -> Devotional using 3:16 TV -> Devotional using 3:16 TV -> Devotional using 3:16 TV -> Devotional using 3:16 3:16 - [In Context] Yes, God loved the world so much that he gave his only Son. God gave his Son so that every person that believes in him would not be lost, but have life forever.
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 3:17 DSN -> Synopsis on 3:17 GEB -> Study Notes on 3:17 GSB -> Study Notes on 3:17 JFB -> Commentary on 3:17 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 3:17 PNT -> Commentary on 3:17 RWP -> Study Notes on 3:17 SRN -> Study Notes on 3:17 TFG -> Commentary on 3:17 TSK -> Commentary on 3:17 TSK -> Entry for 3:17 WEN -> Notes on 3:17 NTB -> God (continued); Jesus, The Christ; Jesus, The Christ (continued); Righteous; Salvation; Wicked (People) TTT -> Anger of God, The; Salvation EBD -> Alms; Call; Faith; Life; Nicodemus TV -> Devotional using 3:17 TV -> Devotional using 3:17 TV -> Devotional using 3:17 TV -> Devotional using 3:17 WJD -> Devotional using 3:17 TV -> Devotional using 3:17 TV -> Devotional using 3:17 WJD -> Devotional using 3:17 TV -> Devotional using 3:17 TV -> Devotional using 3:17 TV -> Devotional using 3:17 TV -> Devotional using 3:17 3:17 - [In Context] God sent his Son into the world. God did not send his Son to judge the world guilty. God sent his Son so that the world could be saved through his Son.
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 3:18 DSN -> Synopsis on 3:18 GEB -> Study Notes on 3:18 GSB -> Study Notes on 3:18 JFB -> Commentary on 3:18 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 3:18 PNT -> Commentary on 3:18 RWP -> Study Notes on 3:18 SRN -> Study Notes on 3:18 TFG -> Commentary on 3:18 TSK -> Commentary on 3:18 TSK -> Entry for 3:18 WEN -> Notes on 3:18 NTB -> Faith; Jesus, The Christ; Jesus, The Christ (continued); Responsibility; Righteous; Salvation; Unbelief; Wicked (People) TTT -> Anger of God, The; Christ is God; Condemnation; Unbelief EBD -> Call; Faith; Life; Nicodemus WJD -> Devotional using 3:18 WJD -> Devotional using 3:18 3:18 - [In Context] The person that believes in God's Son is not judged (condemned). But the person that does not believe is already judged. Why? Because that person has not believed in God's only Son.
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 3:19 DSN -> Synopsis on 3:19 GEB -> Study Notes on 3:19 GSB -> Study Notes on 3:19 JFB -> Commentary on 3:19 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 3:19 PNT -> Commentary on 3:19 RWP -> Study Notes on 3:19 SRN -> Study Notes on 3:19 TFG -> Commentary on 3:19 TSK -> Commentary on 3:19 TSK -> Entry for 3:19 WEN -> Notes on 3:19 NTB -> Blindness; Darkness; Depravity Of Man; Jesus, The Christ; Jesus, The Christ (continued); Judgment; Light; Responsibility; Sin; Wicked (People) TTT -> Blindness, Spiritual; Condemnation; Darkness; Fall of Man, The EBD -> Call; Faith; Judgment, The final; Nicodemus SBD -> Darkness WJD -> Devotional using 3:19 3:19 - [In Context] People are judged by this fact: The Light (goodness) has come into the world. But people did not want light. They wanted darkness (sin). Why? Because they were doing evil things.
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 3:20 DSN -> Synopsis on 3:20 GEB -> Study Notes on 3:20 GSB -> Study Notes on 3:20 JFB -> Commentary on 3:20 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 3:20 PNT -> Commentary on 3:20 RWP -> Study Notes on 3:20 TSK -> Commentary on 3:20 TSK -> Entry for 3:20 WEN -> Notes on 3:20 NTB -> Blindness; Character; Darkness; Jesus, The Christ; Judgment; Light; Sin; Wicked (People); Word Of God TTT -> Blindness, Spiritual; Character of the Wicked; Light EBD -> Faith; Nicodemus TV -> Devotional using 3:20 TV -> Devotional using 3:20 TV -> Devotional using 3:20 WJD -> Devotional using 3:20 TV -> Devotional using 3:20 TV -> Devotional using 3:20 3:20 - [In Context] Every person that does evil hates the light. That person will not come to the light. Why? Because then the light will show all the bad things he has done.
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 3:21 DSN -> Synopsis on 3:21 GEB -> Study Notes on 3:21 GSB -> Study Notes on 3:21 JFB -> Commentary on 3:21 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 3:21 PNT -> Commentary on 3:21 RWP -> Study Notes on 3:21 TSK -> Commentary on 3:21 TSK -> Entry for 3:21 WEN -> Notes on 3:21 NTB -> Darkness; Jesus, The Christ; Light; Righteous; Righteousness; Works TTT -> Light; Works, Good EBD -> Faith; Nicodemus TV -> Devotional using 3:21 TV -> Devotional using 3:21 TV -> Devotional using 3:21 WJD -> Devotional using 3:21 TV -> Devotional using 3:21 TV -> Devotional using 3:21 3:21 - [In Context] But the person that follows the true way comes to the light. Then the light will show that the things that person has done were done through God. F50
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 3:34 DSN -> Synopsis on 3:34 GEB -> Study Notes on 3:34 GSB -> Study Notes on 3:34 JFB -> Commentary on 3:34 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 3:34 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 3:34 PNT -> Commentary on 3:34 RWP -> Study Notes on 3:34 TFG -> Commentary on 3:34 TSK -> Commentary on 3:34 TSK -> Entry for 3:34 WEN -> Notes on 3:34 NTB -> Holy Spirit; Jesus, The Christ (continued); John; Minister, Christian; Trinity TTT -> Christ, the Prophet; Gift of the Holy Spirit, The; Prophecies Respecting Christ EBD -> Faith WJD -> Devotional using 3:34 3:34 - [In Context] God sent him (Jesus). And he tells the things that God says. God gives {him} the Spirit F56 fully.
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 3:35 DSN -> Synopsis on 3:35 GEB -> Study Notes on 3:35 GSB -> Study Notes on 3:35 JFB -> Commentary on 3:35 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 3:35 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 3:35 PNT -> Commentary on 3:35 RWP -> Study Notes on 3:35 TFG -> Commentary on 3:35 TSK -> Commentary on 3:35 TSK -> Entry for 3:35 WEN -> Notes on 3:35 NTB -> Jesus, The Christ (continued); John; Power; Trinity TTT -> Power of Christ, The EBD -> Faith WJD -> Devotional using 3:35 3:35 - [In Context] The Father loves the Son. The Father has given the Son power over everything.
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 3:36 DSN -> Synopsis on 3:36 GEB -> Study Notes on 3:36 GSB -> Study Notes on 3:36 JFB -> Commentary on 3:36 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 3:36 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 3:36 PNT -> Commentary on 3:36 RWP -> Study Notes on 3:36 TFG -> Commentary on 3:36 TSK -> Commentary on 3:36 TSK -> Entry for 3:36 WEN -> Notes on 3:36 NTB -> Faith; Immortality; Jesus, The Christ (continued); John; Righteous; Unbelief; Wicked (People) TTT -> Anger of God, The; Condemnation; Death, Spiritual; Punishment of the Wicked, The; Unbelief EBD -> Eternal life; Faith; Life WJD -> Devotional using 3:36 3:36 - [In Context] The person that believes in the Son has life forever. But the person that does not obey the Son will never have that life. God's anger stays with that person."
FOOTNOTES: F50: Verses 16-21   Some scholars think verses 16-21 are Jesus' words. Others think John wrote them. F56: Spirit, Holy Spirit   Also called the Spirit of God, the Spirit of Christ, and the Comforter. Joined with God and Christ, he does God's work among people in the world.

Abbreviations Legend: BCC - Burton Coffman; DSN - Darby's Synopsis; GEB - Gill's Exposition; GSB - Geneva Study Bible; JFB - Jamieson, Fausset, Brown; MHC-COM - Matthew Henry Complete; MHC-CON - Matthew Henry Concise; PNT - People's New Testament; RWP - Robertson's Word Pictures; SRN - Scofield Reference Notes; TFG - The Fourfold Gospel; TSK - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge; WEN - Wesley's Explanatory Notes; NTB - Nave's Topical Bible; TSK - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge; TTT - Torrey's Topical Textbook; EBD - Easton's Bible Dictionary; SBD - Smith's Bible Dictionary; TV - Today's Verse; WJD - What Jesus Did!; UTM - My Utmost for His Highest; Copyright Statement - Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version © 2001 by World Bible Translation Center, Inc. and used by permission.