Nnbook of john chapter 3 verse 16

This beautiful letter reassures us that god is love 4. But when knuth examined what leading scholars throughout the centuries have written about those verses, he found that there is a fascinating story to be learned in every case, full of historical and spiritual insights. For god so loved the world, that he gave his only son, that whoever. In the latter 3 cases the context makes clear that it means from above. Audio and manuscripts are available for each lesson. Baptist preacher charles spurgeon said of this chapter that it is the chapter he would choose to read to a dying man who did not know the gospel, as the most suitable one for such an occasion. The gospel of john, chapter 3, verse 16, is one of the alltime beloved and wellknown verses in the entire bible. John wrote the greek word agape for gods unconditional love.

And these things i did not say to you at the beginning, because i was with you. John 3 indepth verse by verse bible study and commentary of john chapter 3 in plain english. John bible book with full chapters new international. That he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, to be strengthened with might by his spirit in the inner man. For god so loved the world that he gave his one and only son, that whoever believes. The text found in chapter 3, verse 16, of most books in the bible is a typical verse with no special distinction. In connection with john s gospel all of this points to the apostle john as author of the epistle compare with notes on john s gospel. The son of god had power to lay down his life and he had power to take it again 10. John mentions several times that the lord jesus laid down his life voluntarily john 10. But we know that when christ appears, we shall be like him, for we. And there was a man of the pharisees, named nicodemus, a ruler of the jews. Christ wasnt sent to judge the world, but to bring salvation. Now viewing scripture range from the book of john chapter 3.

There are a number of key words in john s gospel but the most important is believe pisteuo. Verse 16 chapter 3 of the book of ephesians the bible. Verse click for chapter new international version for god so loved the world that he gave his one and only son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish. Amen, amen i say to thee, unless a man be born again, he. Chapter 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21.

Nicodemus was likely familiar with the baptisms performed by john the baptist. He gave, i stop and ponder that in my heart and my soul. John chapter 3 is one of the most important in the entire gospel. The author calls himself an eyewitness of jesus life chapter 1. As is typical of the gospel of john, chapter three begins with an abrupt contrast. This 108part expository study of the gospel of john was preached at flagstaff christian fellowship from 202015. This is why this gospel does not mention the time of prayer at gethsemane. One might be shocked to learn, therefore, that this great passage is one of the most misunderstood and misrepresented texts of the word of god. Rabbi, we know that thou art come a teacher from god. This chapter contains the most recognizable verse in the entire bible, john 3. Still, the verses which follow are just as critical for understanding the christian message.

For permission to reproducedistribute these resources from steve cole including the word document and audio files found on the individual lesson pages below please see bible. John 16 niv bible all this i have told you so that. Clicking on a chapter will show you the text of that chapter of john in the bible new international version. The few incidents john records are in chronological order as in. John 3, new international version niv the bible app.

Jesus proclaims the good news, the gospel of jesus christ as the savior. In verse 16, jesus refers to the other sheep, and those can only be sheep that are. John used the verb believe 98 times which is more than all the uses in the synoptic gospels combined. He can only be speaking here of the true sheep of israel because, up to that point, his ministry was confined to the sheep of israel. Nicodemus would also have been familiar with the way the hebrew scriptures use the term spirit of god. First john chapter 4 helps one to test the spirits to see whether they belong to god, for many false prophets have gone out into the world. The reason the world does not know us is that it did not know him. John 3 is the third chapter of the gospel of john in the new testament of the christian bible. It is frequently called the golden text of scripture. John 1 the word became flesh 1 in the beginning was the word, and the word was with god, and the word was god. It has also been called the gospel in a nutshell, because it is considered a summary of the central theme of traditional christianity. A key word is a word or phrase that functions to unlock the meaning of a text. Jesus turns nicodemus thoughts to god himself, stating gods love for the world. In this lab, john piper reminds us of our only hope is salvation through faith in gods son.