Jesus and Nicodemus
John 3:15
In 9 translations
- BSB
- that everyone who believes in Him may have eternal life.Or everyone who believes may have eternal life in Him.
- KJV
- That whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have eternal life.
- WEB
- that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life.
- ASV
- that whosoever believeth may in him have eternal life.
- LSV
- that everyone who is believing in Him may not perish, but may have continuous life,
- YLT
- that every one who is believing in him may not perish, but may have life age-during,
- DBY
- that every one who believes on him may [not perish, but] have life eternal.
- DRC
- That whosoever believeth in him, may not perish; but may have life everlasting.
- GNV
- That whosoeuer beleeueth in him, shoulde not perish, but haue eternall life.
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Where the editions differ
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- NA28, NA27, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles read ἐν (“in”); Tyndale House, Textus Receptus, Byzantine text read εἰς (“into”).
- NA28, NA27, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles read αὐτῷ (“Him”); Tyndale House, Textus Receptus, Byzantine text read αὐτὸν (“Him”).
- In STEPBible’s comparison, Textus Receptus, Byzantine text include μὴ ἀπόληται ἀλλ᾽ (“not may perish but”); NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles do not include this wording.
SBLGNT apparatus (1)
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- SBLGNT: ἐν αὐτῷ. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read ἐν αὐτῷ; Robinson–Pierpont read εἰς αὐτὸν μὴ ἀπόληται ἀλλʼ.
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Original-language editions
- SBLGNT
- ἵνα πᾶς ὁ πιστεύων ἐν αὐτῷ ἔχῃ ζωὴν αἰώνιον.
- RP2018
- ἵνα πᾶς ὁ πιστεύων εἰς αὐτὸν μὴ ἀπόληται, ἀλλ’ ἔχῃ ζωὴν αἰώνιον.
- TR-Boyd
- ἵνα πᾶς ὁ πιστεύων εἰς αὐτὸν μὴ ἀπόληται, ἀλλ᾿ ἔχῃ ζωὴν αἰώνιον.
- SCR1894
- ινα πας ο πιστευων εις αυτον μη αποληται αλλ εχη ζωην αιωνιον
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Cross-references most cited first
- 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 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 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 12:44–46Then Jesus cried out, “Whoever believes in Me does not believe in Me alone, but in the One who sent Me. And whoever sees Me sees the One who sent Me. I have come into the world as a light, so that no one who believes…
- 1 John 5:11–13And this is that testimony: God has given us eternal life, and this life is in His Son. Whoever has the Son has life; whoever does not have the Son of God does not have life. I have written these things to you who…
- 1 John 5:20And we know that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding, so that we may know Him who is true; and we are in Him who is true—in His Son Jesus Christ. He is the true God and eternal life.
- 1 John 5:1Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ has been born of God, and everyone who loves the Father also loves those born of Him.
- Romans 10:9–14that 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. For with your heart you believe and are justified, and with your mouth you confess…
- 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.
- Hebrews 7:25Therefore He is able to save completely those who draw near to God through Him, since He always lives to intercede for them.
- John 10:28–30I give them eternal life, and they will never perish. No one can snatch them out of My hand. My Father who has given them to Me is greater than all. No one can snatch them out of My Father’s hand. I and the Father are…
- Isaiah 45:22Turn to Me and be saved, all the ends of the earth; for I am God, and there is no other.
- John 6:47Truly, truly, I tell you, he who believes has eternal life.
- 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 11:25–26Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. Whoever believes in Me will live, even though he dies. And everyone who lives and believes in Me will never die. Do you believe this?”
- Acts 16:30–31Then he brought them out and asked, “Sirs, what must I do to be saved?” They replied, “Believe in the Lord Jesus and you will be saved, you and your household.”
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