by the Holy Ghost,’ or ‘God so loved the world that he gave his only-begotten Son’ (for man). What do the amplified statements add? Let us examine some of them. S. John 3:16. That says far more than ‘God so loved the world that he came to save it.’ I heard once of an old woman, who grasped its meaning with an insight which many learned commentators have not had. She said, when this passage had been read to her, ‘Ah, that was love indeed! I can think of myself as going to save someone, but I can’t