11 translations · Greek
John 3:15
that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life.
John 3:15 in 11 translations
- WEB World English Bible
- that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life.
- KJV King James Version
- That whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have eternal life.
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- that everyone who believes in Him may have eternal life.
- ASV American Standard Version
- that whosoever believeth may in him have eternal life.
- LSV Literal Standard Version
- that everyone who is believing in Him may not perish, but may have continuous life,
- FBV Free Bible Version
- so that everyone who trusts in him will have eternal life.
- YLT Young’s Literal Translation
- that every one who is believing in him may not perish, but may have life age-during,
- DBY Darby Translation
- that every one who believes on him may [not perish, but] have life eternal.
- WBT Webster’s Bible
- That whoever believeth in him should not perish, but have eternal life.
- WEBC World English Bible (Catholic)
- that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life.
- DRA Douay-Rheims 1899
- That whosoever believeth in him, may not perish; but may have life everlasting.
The Greek words
Each word of the Greek text in order, with its transliteration, the Berean Standard Bible’s English for it, and its Strong’s number and short definition.
| Word | Transliteration | English (BSB) | Strong’s |
|---|---|---|---|
| ἵνα | hina | that | G2443 ἵνα in order that/to |
| πᾶς | pas | everyone | G3956 πᾶς all |
| ὁ | ho | who | G3588 ὁ the/this/who |
| πιστεύων | pisteuōn | believes | G4100 πιστεύω to trust (in) |
| ἐν | en | in | G1722 ἐν in/on/among |
| αὐτῷ | autō | Him | G846 αὐτός it/s/he |
| ἔχῃ | echē | may have | G2192 ἔχω to have/be |
| ζωὴν | zōēn | life | G2222 ζωή life |
| αἰώνιον | aiōnion | eternal | G166 αἰώνιος eternal |
Related verses
- John 3:16
For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life.
- John 6:40
This is the will of the one who sent me, that everyone who sees the Son, and believes in him, should have eternal life; and I will raise him up at the last day.”
- John 3:36
One who believes in the Son has eternal life, but one who disobeys the Son won’t see life, but the wrath of God remains on him.”
- John 12:44–46
Jesus cried out and said, “Whoever believes in me, believes not in me, but in him who sent me. He who sees me sees him who sent me. I have come as a light into the world, that whoever believes in me may not remain in the darkness.
- 1 John 5:11–13
The testimony is this, that God gave to us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. He who has the Son has the life. He who doesn’t have God’s Son doesn’t have the life. These things I have written to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, that you may know that you have eternal life, and that you may continue to believe in the name of the Son of God.
- Romans 10:9–14
that if you will confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord, and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. For with the heart, one believes unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation. For the Scripture says, “Whoever believes in him will not be disappointed.” …
- 1 John 5:1
Whoever believes that Jesus is the Christ has been born of God. Whoever loves the Father also loves the child who is born of him.
- 1 John 5:20
We know that the Son of God has come, and has given us an understanding, that we know him who is true, and we are in him who is true, in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God, and eternal life.
- John 10:28–30
I give eternal life to them. They will never perish, and no one will snatch them out of my hand. My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all. No one is able to snatch them out of my Father’s hand. I and the Father are one.”
- John 20:31
but these are written, that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that believing you may have life in his name.
Cross references from OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0, most-voted first; text from the World English Bible.
In context
13 No one has ascended into heaven, but he who descended out of heaven, the Son of Man, who is in heaven.
14 As Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of Man be lifted up,
15 that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life.
16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life.
17 For God didn’t send his Son into the world to judge the world, but that the world should be saved through him.
Read all of John 3 in the World English Bible.
Edition and source notes
Each translation is shown as its source prints it, in its own verse numbering; where an edition numbers this verse differently, its own reference is given. The World English Bible, King James Version and Berean Standard Bible link to their chapter pages. Edition notes.
Literal Standard Version (2020) © Covenant Press and the Covenant Christian Coalition, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0. Imported from the checksum-pinned eBible.org USFX source; the extracted verse text is an adaptation shared under the same license. Free Bible Version (2018) © Dr. Jonathan Gallagher, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0. Imported from the checksum-pinned eBible.org USFX source; the extracted verse text is an adaptation shared under the same license.
The original words and their English come from the Berean Standard Bible translation tables (public domain); lemmas and short definitions from STEPBible (CC BY 4.0), with Greek definitions based on Abbott-Smith.
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