John 3:15
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“that everyone who believes in Him may have eternal life.”
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BSBPD
“that everyone who believes in Him may have eternal life.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)KJVPD
“That whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have eternal life.”
King James Version · Public DomainASVPD
“that whosoever believeth may in him have eternal life.”
American Standard Version · Public DomainYLTPD
“that every one who is believing in him may not perish, but may have life age-during,”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainCross references
Other passages that echo John 3:15 — 24 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Isaiah 45:22Turn to Me and be saved, all the ends of the earth; for I am God, and there is no other.
- Matthew 18:10See that you do not look down on any of these little ones. For I tell you that their angels in heaven always see the face of My Father in heaven.
- Mark 16:16Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved, but whoever does not believe will be condemned.
- Luke 19:10For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost.”
- John 1:12But to all who did receive Him, to those who believed in His name, He gave the right to become children of God—
- John 3:16For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that everyone who believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life.
- John 3:36Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life. Whoever rejects the Son will not see life. Instead, the wrath of God remains on him.”
- John 5:24Truly, truly, I tell you, whoever hears My word and believes Him who sent Me has eternal life and will not come under judgment. Indeed, he has crossed over from death to life.
- John 6:40For it is My Father’s will that everyone who looks to the Son and believes in Him shall have eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last day.”
- John 6:47Truly, truly, I tell you, he who believes has eternal life.
- John 10:28I give them eternal life, and they will never perish. No one can snatch them out of My hand.
- John 11:25Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. Whoever believes in Me will live, even though he dies.
- John 12:44Then Jesus cried out, “Whoever believes in Me does not believe in Me alone, but in the One who sent Me.
- John 16:33I have told you these things so that in Me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation. But take courage; I have overcome the world!”
- John 17:2For You granted Him authority over all people, so that He may give eternal life to all those You have given Him.
- John 20:31But these are written so that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life in His name.
- Acts 8:36As they traveled along the road and came to some water, the eunuch said, “Look, here is water! What is there to prevent me from being baptized?”
- Acts 13:41‘Look, you scoffers, wonder and perish! For I am doing a work in your days that you would never believe, even if someone told you.’”
- Acts 16:30Then he brought them out and asked, “Sirs, what must I do to be saved?”
- Romans 5:1Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ,
- Romans 5:21so that, just as sin reigned in death, so also grace might reign through righteousness to bring eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
- Romans 6:22But now that you have been set free from sin and have become slaves to God, the fruit you reap leads to holiness, and the outcome is eternal life.
- Romans 10:9that if you confess with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved.
- 1 Corinthians 1:18For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God.
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