“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.”
For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life — the Gospel's theological center affirms God's cosmically-scaled love and the sacrificial gift of the Son as love's expression. "The world" (kosmos), though often opposition to God in John, here becomes the object of divine love, resolving apparent contradiction. The sacrifice ("gave") and substitution ("so that") establish atonement's logic. The universal scope ("whoever believes") negates ethnic or status limitations.
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Priya NairNote2mo agoFor God so loved the world
I grew up with this verse as a slogan. Coming back to it as an adult, what strikes me is the word "world" - kosmos in Greek. Not just people. The whole created order. The scope of God's love is larger...
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Aisha MbekiNote1mo agoSo Loved the World
For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. The most quoted verse in Scripture. John summarizes the entire gospel...
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