John 3:15

John 3:15 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)That whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have eternal life.
• New International Version (NIV)that everyone who believes may have eternal life in him.”
• English Standard Version (ESV)that whoever believes in him may have eternal life.
• New King James Version (NKJV)that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have eternal life.

Context of John 3:15

13No one has gone up into heaven except the One who came down from heaven—the Son of Man. 14Just as Moses lifted up the serpent in the desert, so the Son of Man must be lifted up, so that whoever believes in Him may have eternal life! 16“For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life. 17God did not send the Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through Him.

John 3:15 word by word

ἵνα πᾶς ὁ πιστεύων ἐν αὐτῷ ἔχῃ ζωὴν αἰώνιον.Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• ·ὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• Thatἵναhina · in order that/toG2443
• whosoeverπᾶςpas · allG3956
• believethπιστεύωpisteuō · to trust (in)G4100
• inεἰςeis · towardG1519
• himαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• shouldἀπολλύωapollumi · to destroyG622
• notμήmē · notG3361
• butἀλλάalla · butG235
• haveἔχωechō · to have/beG2192
• eternalαἰώνιοςaiōnios · eternalG166
• lifeζωήzōē · lifeG2222

Cross-references for John 3:15

• John 3:16“For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life.
• John 1:12But whoever did receive Him, those trusting in His name, to these He gave the right to become children of God.
• John 6:40For this is the will of My Father, that everyone who sees the Son and trusts in Him may have eternal life; and I will raise him up on the last day.”
• John 11:25Yeshua said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life! Whoever believes in Me, even if he dies, shall live.
• John 12:44Yeshua cried out, “Whoever puts trust in Me believes not in Me but in the One who sent Me!
• John 20:31But these things have been written so that you may believe that Yeshua is Mashiach Ben-Elohim, and that by believing you may have life in His name.
• Isaiah 45:22Turn to Me, and be saved, all the ends of the earth. For I am God—there is no other.
• Mark 16:16He who believes and is immersed shall be saved, but he who does not believe shall be condemned.
• Acts 16:30After he brought them out, he said, “Sirs, what must I do to be saved?”
• Romans 5:1Therefore, having been made righteous by trusting, we have shalom with God through our Lord Yeshua the Messiah.
• Romans 10:9For if you confess with your mouth that Yeshua is Lord, and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved.
• Galatians 2:16Yet we know that a person is set right not by deeds based on Torah, but rather through putting trust in Messiah Yeshua. So even we have put our trust in Messiah Yeshua, in order that we might be set right based on trust in Messiah and not by deeds based on Torah—because no human will be justified by deeds based on Torah.
• Hebrews 7:25Therefore He is also able to save completely those who draw near to God through Him, always living to make intercession for them.
• Hebrews 10:39But we are not among the timid ones on the path to destruction, but among the faithful ones on the path to the preservation of the soul.
• 1 John 5:1Everyone who believes that Yeshua is the Messiah is born of God, and everyone who loves the Father loves the one born of Him.

Commentaries on John 3:15

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 15That whosoever believeth - Bp. Pearce supposes that this verse is only the conclusion of the 16th, and that it has been inserted in this place by mistake. The words contain the reason of the subject in the following verse, and seem to break in upon our Lord's argument before he had fully stated it. The words, , may not perish but, are omitted by some very ancient MSS. and versions.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 15That whosoever - This shows the fulness and freeness of the gospel. All may come and be saved. d Believeth in him - Whosoever puts confidence in him as able and willing to save. All who feel that they are sinners, that they have no righteousness of their own, and are willing to look to him as their only Saviour. Should not perish - They are in danger, by nature, of perishing - that is, of sinking down to the pains of hell; of being “punished with…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 14-15Jesus was lifted up on the cross so that all people could understand the way of salvation, look to him in faith, and have eternal life.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 14-1614-16. And as Moses, &c.--Here now we have the "heavenly things," as before the "earthly," but under a veil, for the reason mentioned in Joh 3:12. The crucifixion of Messiah is twice after this veiled under the same lively term--"uplifting," Joh 8:28; 12:32, 33. Here it is still further veiled--though to us who know what it means, rendered vastly more instructive--by reference to the brazen serpent. The venom of the fiery serpents, shooting through the…Read the comment

Topics related to John 3:15

• Brazen Serpent
• Faith
• Immortality
• Jesus, the Christ
• Life
• Righteous
• Salvation
• Types
• Wicked (People)

In the dictionaries

• Eternal life
• Believe
• Born
• Brass
• Call
• Condemn
• Condemnation
• Darkness
• Decrease
• Increase

Commentaries on John 3

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Catena Aurea
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• John Lightfoot Commentary
• Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings