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 in one sentence.
The love is directed at the world—the actual world with all its mess. God's love isn't conditional on the world being good or worthy. God loves the world. So much that God gives God's self. Not to force obedience, but to make relationship possible. I've spent so much time thinking about this verse theologically that sometimes I miss the raw emotion: God loves you. The you that's broken, confused, struggling. That's the you God loves.
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