The Holman Christian Standard Bible

John 3:16

16 “For God loved h the world * in this way: i He gave His * One and Only j Son, k so that everyone who believes in Him will not perish but have eternal life. l

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h

3:16 Jn 12:43; 1Co 13:1; Gl 2:20; Col 1:13; 3:12; 1Th 1:4; 2Th 2:13,16; 1Jn 4:7–12; Jd 1

*

Jn 3:16 Mt 1:18 Ga 3:3 Re 16:18 Jn 3:16

i

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.

*

Lk 7:12 Lk 8:42 Lk 9:38 Heb 11:17

j

3:16 1Jn 4:9

k

3:16 Jn 5:19; Heb 1:2

l

3:16 Jn 12:25; Rm 5:8; 1Jn 3:16; 4:9–10

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