John 3:11–21

¹¹I can guarantee this truth: We know what we’re talking about, and we confirm what we’ve seen. Yet, you don’t accept our message. ¹²If you don’t believe me when I tell you about things on earth, how will you believe me when I tell you about things in heaven? ¹³No one has gone to heaven except the Son of Man, who came from heaven. 

¹⁴“As Moses lifted up the snake ⸤on a pole⸥ in the desert, so the Son of Man must be lifted up. ¹⁵Then everyone who believes in him will have eternal life.” 

¹⁶God loved the world this way: He gave his only Son so that everyone who believes in him will not die but will have eternal life. ¹⁷God sent his Son into the world, not to condemn the world, but to save the world. ¹⁸Those who believe in him won’t be condemned. But those who don’t believe are already condemned because they don’t believe in God’s only Son. 

¹⁹This is why people are condemned: The light came into the world. Yet, people loved the dark rather than the light because their actions were evil. ²⁰People who do what is wrong hate the light and don’t come to the light. They don’t want their actions to be exposed. ²¹But people who do what is true come to the light so that the things they do for God may be clearly seen.