Bible Verse Lookup
John 3:16-18
Chapter 3
16
For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him might not perish but might have eternal life.
17
For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world might be saved through him.
18
Whoever believes in him will not be condemned. The one who does not believe is already condemned because he has not believed in the name of the only Son of God.
Commentaries
Jesus and Nicodemus
Nicodemus trusts Jesus only because of the signs he has seen; he has no faith, only opinions (2). He symbolizes shameful Christians: believers who hide their faith out of fear of losing their comfort and even their own lives.
Revelation of the Redemptive Mystery
(10-21). Jesus can speak of these mysteries because He knows them. No one has ascended into heaven; only Jesus, who was in the bosom of the Father, knows those realities and “has descended” to reveal them. Verse 16 is the peak of the entire dialogue, a supreme expression. The Father’s love has set the whole history of salvation in motion. In the light of Jesus Christ, humanity is divided: some prefer darkness, and this existential choice leads to judgment; others accept the truth of Jesus Christ and, as a result, come into communion with Him and receive salvation.