John 3:16 (GNV)

Passage

For God so loued the worlde, that hee hath giuen his onely begotten Sonne, that whosoeuer beleeueth in him, should not perish, but haue euerlasting life.

Nearby Context

John 3:14 And as Moses lift vp the serpent in the wildernesse, so must that Sonne of man be lift vp,

John 3:15 That whosoeuer beleeueth in him, shoulde not perish, but haue eternall life.

John 3:16 For God so loued the worlde, that hee hath giuen his onely begotten Sonne, that whosoeuer beleeueth in him, should not perish, but haue euerlasting life.

John 3:17 For God sent not his Sonne into the world, that he should condemne the world, but that the world through him might be saued.

John 3:18 Hee that beleeueth in him, is not condemned: but hee that beleeueth not, is condemned already, because he hath not beleeued in the Name of that onely begotten Sonne of God.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "world", "loued", "worlde", "hath", "giuen", "onely", "begotten", and "sonne". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "world" and "loued", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 15's "That whosoeuer beleeueth in him shoulde not..." into verse 17's "For God sent not his Sonne into...", so "world" and "loued" belong inside that flow. In Jesus Explains God's Saving Love, the local focus is new birth, eternal life, belief and unbelief, and God's saving love.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "world" and "loued" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.