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John 3 BSB

16 For 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.

17 For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through Him.

18 Whoever believes in Him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe has already been condemned…

John 3:16 cross-references
GOD SO LOVED
Romans 5:8
8 But God proves His love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.
1 John 4:9–10
9 This is how God's love was revealed among us: God sent His one and only Son into the world, so that we might live through Him. 10 And love consists in this: not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son as the atoning sacrifice for our sins.
Titus 3:4
4 But when the kindness of God our Savior and His love for mankind appeared,
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